The Soiling of Old Glory

Stanley J. Forman

Boston Herald American

Fresh from an anti-busing demonstration at Boston City Hall--complete with a pledge of allegiance to the American flag--a gang of self-anointed 'patriots' attack a lone and defenseless black man. The misguided youths pummeled Theodore Landsmark and then rammed him in the head with their flagstaff. Police rescued Landsmark from his snarling molesters.

Stanley J. Forman, "The Soiling of Old Glory," in POYi Archive, Item #8815, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/8815 (accessed April 21, 2025).