Honoring the flag

I am a mother of one of the graduates who participated in the 2009 30th anniversary commencement at Mazama. During the commencement, the American flag was secured between two sandbags on the stage. The wind blew it over and a staff member laid the flag down, and it touched the stage and across the diplomas. It laid there for several minutes. The staff picked it back up and rolled it up and laid it across the chairs. My father-in-law marched off. My husband and I looked behind us and he thought David went home. We looked down to see him marching across the track. He picked up the flag, unrolled it, and held it upright the entire ceremony. I believe it is very commendable and needs to be acknowledged. He is disabled (as you can see from the pictures) and he went above and beyond. His name is David Doty and he’s a local business owner and Vietnam veteran. He recently received a medal at Veterans Memorial Park on Memorial Day. He could not stand that the flag had been laid down. It just was a wonderful, patriotic thing to do. Trace Wonser Klamath Falls