Cemetery flag restrictions reaffirmed

CAMPBELL — A ban on U.S. flags around the perimeter of St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery was reaffirmed by the church cemetery board.

Some military veterans and Catholic church parishioners have said they are upset by the board’s decision earlier in the year to prohibit the flags.

The board’s decision does not apply to gravesite flags traditionally placed by veterans organizations, however. Those flags are not only permitted, they are encouraged, said the Rev. John M. Jerek, administrator of St. John Church.

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