I am writing out of pure disgust.

My son is in Little League as part of the All Star Team representing Augusta. We traveled to Winslow, which was hosting a game between us. While there, a man wearing one of the Winslow team shirts went out to post the American flag -- he dragged the flag on the ground all the way around the fence line to the flag post, he continued to let the flag remain on the ground while he attached it to the lanyard, and finally he raised it off the ground.

I tried to get his attention, but being all the way across the field I could not. I was going to go talk to the man, but my wife knew that I would likely end up knocking him senseless, so after much pleading from her I finally agreed that it would not be in my best interest to address the issue right then.

I am a current member of the Maine Army National Guard. I have friends and relatives who have died for that flag.

To what level has our state degraded when we have citizens that no longer treat our flag with respect?

Jonathan Jensen

Augusta