He had been raised to stand up for what he believes in and stand strong, so when Cameron Blasek drove to school with his rejected American flag still flying on his truck, he parked in the school lot and walked to class not knowing what to expect.
The 17-year-old high school senior from St. Leon, Indiana, and his friend had flown their truck-mounted American flags since the summer—flags like those his dad and uncles had flown on their trucks way back when. As fall arrived, his friend had stopped flying his, but Cameron continued.