University Removes American Flags, They Never Expected 1000 Vets To Do THIS According to reports from Fox News, more than 1,000 veterans protested yesterday at Hampshire College in Amherst after they made the controversial decision to remove the American flag from their campus because of protests. Originally, the school lowered the American flag to half-staff because Donald Trump was elected president. That action was outrageous on its own, but then liberal students took things one step further and burned the flag. Instead of reprimanding the students, Hampshire decided to handle the situation by banning all flags on campus. This, of course, did not set well with the many veterans who fought for this flag and the families who stood behind them. While they acknowledged the students have a right to protestbut this is an insult to our country that cannot be accepted. Fox news reports that around 1,000 veterans gathered at the University. They took down my flag, they have a right to that, Im here to defend their right to do that but I want them to understand how bad that hurts me, veteran Jerry Maguire told reporters at WWLP-TV. For the students here and the president and board of trustees have risen from what the veterans sacrificed, this flag and not to fly the flag on this campusif you were in some other countries around the world it would be handled very, very differently, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno commented on the matter. The protest was mostly peaceful, with just one isolated incident occurring. Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash responded to the protests by claiming the campus will talk with students and staff about properly utilizing flags in the future. 