We will celebrate 77th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations on Oct. 24, 1945

Yesterday, I was appalled to find the Russian Federation flag flying on our Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge. Would we fly a flag of Nazi Germany in Westport? A flag of a nation that is killing thousands of innocent people in Ukraine has no place in Westport.

My first reaction was to burn it down. My wife stopped me. We live in a civilized country and should behave as civilized people. So I looked up the organizers of the event and made a phone call. It was surprising to me the ignorance of the organizers who hang a random selection of flags just to fill the spots. I expressed my disgust of hanging a Russian Federation flag in the middle of Westport while the country it represents is blackmailing all freedom loving nations in the UN with their nuclear bombs and continue the murder of innocent children in Ukraine.

Perhaps sitting in our warm multi-million-dollar homes we forget that people of Ukraine are being left without electricity and heat for the winter.

I was promised that the mistake will be corrected in the morning and was glad to see that the Russian flag is now gone. Let us never forget what the word “Freedom” means and that we may never be free as long as countries like that exist.

David Halpert

Westport