It was raining, and former U.S. Marine Kevin White—driving down Texas Highway 75—spotted what looked like a T-shirt in the middle of the road. But as White got closer, he saw that the crumpled red, white, and blue fabric was no T-shirt. The soaking-wet heap was clearly a fallen American flag. It was Memorial Day. The former Marine circled back with a mind that no flag ought to be desecrated in such a way as being driven over on the highway. “I’m a Marine Corps veteran, I was like, ‘I’m not going to have the flag just sitting here on the highway,’” the Anna, Texas, resident told CBS. Luckily, there wasn’t much traffic. Pulling over safely, White got out of his car and rescued the fallen flag, while filming the moment on his cell phone—and later sharing the footage on Facebook. “It’s a horrible way for the American flag to get treated …
Video Shows Marine Veteran Rescuing Fallen American Flag on the Highway on Memorial Day
June 5, 2021
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