Community | December 03, 2009 | 5 comments

Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole

TravG73
Col. Van T. Barfoot, a local Medal of Honor winner, is under the gun from his Henrico County community's homeowner association.

In a five-paragraph letter to Barfoot that he received yesterday, Barfoot is being ordered to remove a flagpole from his yard. The decorated veteran of three wars, now 90 years old, raises the American flag every morning on the pole, then lowers and folds the flag at dusk each day in a three-corner military fashion.

In a priority mail letter, the Coates & Davenport law firm in Richmond is ordering Barfoot to remove the pole by 5 p.m. Friday or face "legal action being brought to enforce the Covenants and Restrictions against you." The letter states that Barfoot will be subject to paying all legal fees and costs in any successful legal proceeding pursued by the homeowner association's board.
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5 comments // Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole

  • rev2doc
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      rev2doc  

    • Col. Van T. Barfoot is made of STEEL...and I wish there were more like him!

      Doesn't ANYONE on his HOA have any COMMON SENSE?!? This WAR HERO is not flying his underwear up the flagpole!!! He has fought too hard and too often for OUR country and its flag, to be treated with such ignorance and disdain.

      I SALUTE Col. Barfoot...I would be so honored if I ever had the opportunity to visit his home and salute his high-flying, American flag WITH him!

    • 1 year ago
  • inspirationseeker
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      inspirationseeker  

    • I have been looking at some other boards and I can tell you that with the response that this is getting from everyone, this guy won't have to take down his poll. There are people who are sending out mass e-mails to all of their military buddies, those people have been flooded with phone calls today I'm sure.

      I called the number and they already had it disconnected! Sweet.

    • 2 years ago
  • samthesixth
  • inspirationseeker
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      inspirationseeker  

    • SUSSEX SQUARE SERVICE HOA at 804-740-8795

      Sussex Square Services is the HOA.

      Here are the officers per public records:
      GLENN WILSON PRESIDENT
      11800 N Downs Sq
      Henrico, VA 23238-3474
      (804) 741-9160

    • 2 years ago
  • samthesixth
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      samthesixth  

    • The man is a 90 yer old Medal of Honor winner. We should be giving him whatever he wants for the rest of his days. This is complete BS.

    • 2 years ago
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