Couple Tries To Catch American Flag Vandal, Captures 5-Year-Old Reciting Pledge Of Allegiance Instead

by apost team

Preston Satterthwaite is a young boy who lives in Virginia with his parents. This past summer, Preston helped his father put up a large American flag right outside of their front door in honor of the upcoming Fourth of July festivities. His dad wanted him to know more about what the flag meant, so he decided to have a talk with the little boy as they installed it.

The kindergartner and his dad spoke about why you should never desecrate the American flag.

Mike, his dad, explained that our flag deserves all of the respect we can give it and that it shouldn’t even touch the ground. Preston listened to his dad intently the whole time. He absorbed all of the information and seemed to really take it to heart.

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According to Fox News, It was a few months later that vandals struck outside of the home. When Mike and Jessica, Preston’s mother, went outside one morning to take the little boy to school, they were shocked at what they saw.

Someone had come onto their property in the middle of the night to purposely rip out the America flag. It had been torn from the post and thrown down on the lawn.

Preston was shocked and saddened to see the flag touching the ground. The family knew that they had to try and catch the vandal in the act. They bought and installed a doorbell camera in the hopes that the vandal would strike again.

If they could just catch them on video, they would be able to call the police and have them arrested for trespassing and vandalism.

As they were scrolling through footage of the doorbell, Jessica and Mike were shocked to see what their son was doing. Preston was standing in front of the huge flag after coming home from a bike ride with his father. Mike wasn’t sure what his little boy did before coming into their house, but he definitely wasn’t expecting this! Instead of catching the vandal, the couple witnessed something even better.

You can watch the video for yourself below. You’ll love what Mike and Jessica caught on film!

We love that this little boy is growing up to be patriotic! Do you have any wonderful stories to tell us? Feel free to leave them in the comment section below! After you are done, pass this on to others who love a patriotic story with a happy ending.