"When a group of senior citizens in Washington State were told they could no longer pray or recite the pledge of allegiance at their community center, they reached out to the one organization they knew would help – the American Legion....The senior center went on to say they had a “duty to provide a safe and peaceful environment in our building and on our property, inclusive to all.”
In a separate posting on the center’s Facebook page, they explained a growing a patriotic divide between older seniors and younger seniors.
...“We feel we cannot let habits of the past be the enemy of the future.”
They also report that sheriff’s deputies escorted one veteran out of the building after he brought a flag onto the premises and recited the pledge.
Holzer tells the radio station that a staffer even compared reciting the pledge to Nazism.
The staffer reportedly told Holzer, “You think that the people of Nazi Germany enjoyed saying, ‘Heil Hitler?’”...”
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