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Title: Rick Monday Saves The American Flag
Post by: Ptarmigan on July 01, 2015, 10:08:02 PM
Anyone remember this?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Rick_Monday_American_Flag.jpg)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZzeEaBHUBM

Rick Monday saved the American flag from being burned on the field at Dodgers Stadium on April 25, 1976. William Thomas and his son went down the field to burn the flag. Monday would not allowed that to happen and saved the American flag. William Thomas was arrested charged with trespassing.

Rick Monday and the Flag-Burning Incident in 1976
https://miscbaseball.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/rick-monday-and-the-flag-burning-incident-in-1976/

When Two Fans Try to Burn the Flag, the Cubs' Rick Monday Assists in a Save of Old Glory
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066446,00.html

Motive of this attempted flag burning is because of how Indians are being treated.