BORDENTOWN CITY Members of the citys Veterans Memorial Committee stood by their decision to refuse to fly a flag honoring and remembering military personnel, including the late Army SPC Benjamin Moore, during its committee meeting on March 6.

Members of the committee maintain the flag violates code.

We are very saddened by the decision of the Veterans Committee, said SPC Moores mother, Amy Moore, of Robbinsville, in an email on Sunday. They just dont get it. Our intent on presenting the committee the flag was to thank the community for their love and support we received back in January of 2011 when we lost our son.

The decision of the committee has put a huge divide in the community, she added.

Committee Chairman Bruce Throckmorton defended the decision.

We were requested to fly the Honor and Remember Flag, Mr. Throckmorton added. We sent a letter out to the Moores and thanked them and said that we would fly the flag at our earliest opportunity and we didnt.

Mr. Throckmorton noted that the committee realized that there were some substantial issues with the flag. A letter was then sent to the Moores explaining why it was inappropriate for it to fly at the memorial.

We felt it was a violation of the flag code, he added. There are no sanctions if you violate the flag code. The flag code tells you how you are to respect the flag.

The committee reviewed the flag code and reviewed it again.

Frankly, I was hoping we could come up with a compromise, Mr. Throckmorton said. Some way we could fly this flag because I know how much it means to many people in this community but I cant. I have studied the flag code and I believe its a violation.

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BORDENTOWN CITY: Committee stands by decision to not fly flag