HomeMy WebLinkAbout061620 Ardell, Eric
Marie Sunseri
From:Eric Ardell <eardell@aol.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:43 AM
To:Marie Sunseri
Subject:Council Agenda Item 7.1
***CAUTION***
This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville. Do not click on links or open attachments
unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
I would appreciate the following comments be read into the record concerning the subject
agenda item -
With respect to agenda item 7.1, this statement is specific to the flag pole in front of the
Veterans Memorial Building on Hartz Ave. from the Commander of American Legion Mt.
Diablo Post 246, an original resident VSO in that building since 1925.
The American Legion, under national charter by the Congress of the United States and as a
501(c)19 non-profit veterans organization, is and must remain an apolitical organization as do
all other VSOs resident in the Veterans Memorial Building. It is acknowledged that the
American Legion and the other VSOs do not "own" the building but it is held in trust for
veterans. As such the flag pole is tacitly, if not explicitly, associated with veterans and their
organizations.
Therefore, the flying of any flags other than the American flag, the California flag, and the
POW/MIA flag on the flag pole at the Veterans Memorial Building has not in the past and must
not be allowed or otherwise permitted in the future. I strongly recommend that any council
resolution or ordinance regarding flags codify this prohibition.
Eric Ardell
Commander
American Legion Mt. Diablo Post 246
1