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Ala. fire department flies Confederate flag

The fire chief says they own the building and the land and have no intention of removing the flag

The News Courier

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. — Though the national media brouhaha over the love or disdain of the Confederate flag has waned in recent weeks, the love of the flag is alive and well at the Oak Grove-Thach Volunteer Fire Department.

On a flagpole outside Station No. 2 — located near the intersection of Alabama 251 and McKee Road — the flag flies prominently underneath the American flag and state flag. Fire Chief Charles Claunch said Thursday he has no intention of removing the flag, either.

“Nobody in the community has complained,” he said. “To be honest, I don’t pay a lot of attention to the controversy that goes on. You’re going to have people in this world who are going to want to complain about everything, but some people are going to be who they are.”

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