American flags vandalized
CHEYENNE - Mayor Jack Spiker is telling the American Legion Post 6 that the destruction of about 100 small American flags at a cemetery was a “combination of some innocent mistakes and maybe some vandalism.”
What destroyed the flags at Olivet Cemetery remains unknown, however.
Legion members said last week that the flags appeared to have been damaged by a lawn mower. But Spiker said he doesn’t believe that was the case.
City crews have admitted running over two or three flags by accident. But one mower operator, Rob Allen, said it would be outrageous for nearly 100 flags to be damaged. “We try as hard as we can, and from what I saw, they weren’t run over by a mower,” he said.
City Parks and Recreation Director Rick Parish said the city plans to replace the flags and will determine what new procedures need to be made.
