Families in certain areas are being told to take down their Service Flag because its display violates the rules of the homeowner or condo association.

On May 21, 2009, Congressman John A. Boccieri (D-OH), an Iraq war Veteran, introduced HR 2546 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2546.IH:) l "To ensure that the right of an individual to display the Service Flag on residential property not be abridged. "

This Bill finally passed the House on May 19, 2010. It is now in the Senate and has been referred to a sub-committee.

I believe it was your letters of support that carried this measure through the house as it ended up with 56 co-sponsors. When we initiated this effort, there were none!

If you wrote to your Senator before, please write again. They may have forgotten since the last major effot was a year ago.

1. Support Letters: Click here to open the sample support Word document to send to your Representative and Senator (if you don't have Word, or have an older version, scroll down for the text of each letter).

Click here to read the support letter text

Click here for your Senator's address