The flags, which measured four feet by six feet and sat atop an eight-foot pole, had been planted near the veterans mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina
The charred remains of nearly two dozen American flags burned on Independence Day were discovered in a South Carolina cemetery.
Nearly two dozen flags were uprooted, burned and tossed in a pile near Forest Lawn's veterans memorial over July 4.
Anderson County deputies are investigating the incident, although there was no surveillance video from the cemetery. Forest Lawn filed a report claiming $1,260 in damages for the flags,Independence Day saw other flag-burning incidents, including one outside the White House: Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party set fire to a flag before classing with Trump supporters shortly before the president's"Salute to America" address.
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