Army Veteran pushes for American flags to be put back up after they were taken down in Newton cemetery

NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Donnie Doherty, a U.S. Army Veteran, is disappointed that the Newton Cemetery removed American flags from the graves of his family members, who are also veterans.

“I went to my other relatives in the cemetery, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, gone, everything’s gone,” Doherty said.

There are seven graves that he comes to visit. Donnie says he put the flags up for Memorial Day, and by Father’s Day, they were gone…

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