Homeowners in one north Dallas neighborhood have a message for vandals: Stop the flag burnings!

So far, vandals have torched four flags in a neighborhood off Spring Valley and Preston roads.

Sunday afternoon marks the second time in as many weeks that vandals set fire to the American flag flying outside Marine Corps veteran Ed Jordan’s house.

“It takes a pretty low-minded person to do something like that,” Jordan said on June 30, after the first incident.

”To be that disrespectful, to burn the flag, I just don’t understand it,” neighbor Bill Sendelaback said. “I fully intend to fly this flag whether there is other flag burnings or not.”

While the burnings are sparking outrage among homeowners, it’s also sparking a renewed sense of patriotism. Sendelaback has started flying his flag in light of the recent vandalism.

"It’s kind of like an 'in your face' to these punks that are doing this,” he said. “I’m letting them know there are a lot of people that value the American flag.”



The first time Jordan's flag was burned, a soldier from Coppell donated the American flag he flew on his base during two tours of duty in Iraq.

According to neighbors, Jordan decided to keep that flag somewhere safe, so Sunday's torching was of a different replacement flag.