Thursday, March 19, 2009

Honoring Illinois' Fallen

Why is Illinois so slow to honor the three soldiers from the Woodstock Armory with lowered flags, following their deaths in Afghanistan on Sunday?

Shouldn't the flags be lowered upon receipt of notice?

Frankly, I don't care how busy Gov. Quinn is with the budget.

2 comments:

Gus said...

From the office of State Rep. Mike Tryon: "... by state statute the flag is flown half-staff two days and the day of the funeral of the fallen soldier. We are awaiting for the funeral plans and then the Governor will issue the proclamation. The County of McHenry and the City of Woodstock stand ready to lower their flags as soon as they have the legal authority to do so which will come from the Governor’s office."

Bender said...

Look a little further and you will see that there are yellow ribbons all over that place.