Bangladeshi Community Wants Flag Flown in Lansdale

About eight local members of the Bangladesh Association of Pennsylvania came to Lansdale's Parks and Recreation Committee requesting to have their country's flag flown on public property on December 16, Bangladesh's Independence Day

If you allow one country's flag to fly in Lansdale, then you have to allow them all. That was the essence of the issue last week at Lansdale's Parks and Recreation Committee meeting where at least eight local members of the Bangladesh Association of Pennsylvania requested to fly their country's flag on public property on December 16, Bangladesh's Independence Day. Borough Manager Timi Kirchner - back in action following a months-long absence due to hip replacement surgery - told Hatfield Borough resident Mohammad Razzak and his colleagues that the committee will discuss it and get back to them. Kirchner cautioned that the request puts Lansdale in a difficult position - it cannot approve the raising of one flag without setting a precedence …

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