'Flagstock' happening Monday for UNC students who held up American flag during pro-Palestinian protest

A party on Labor Day will honor the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill fraternity members who guarded the American flag during a protest against the Israel-Hamas war.
Posted 9/2/2024, 2:47:00 PM Updated 9/2/2024, 10:12:21 PM

>> WE'RE SENDING A CREW TO

GRANVILLE COUNTY AND WILL BRING

YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE

EVENING. THIS AFTERNOON IS THE

CULMINATION OF AN EVENT THAT

CAME TO BE DURING A

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS ON

USC'S CAMPUS IN THE SPRING.

WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SCENE

BACK ON APRIL 30TH WHEN A GROUP

HELD UP THE AMERICAN FLAG AFTER

PROTESTERS BRIEFLY TOOK IT DOWN

>> THIS MOMENT GOT NATIONAL

ATTENTION AND THE RECALL MORE

THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS

LATER, THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE

THAT MONEY TO THROW A BIG

PARTY.

>> THAT PARTY, WHICH IS BEING

CALLED FLAG STOCK. IT'S

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WRL'S ERIC

MILLER IS LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL.

ERIC, THIS PARTY IS HAPPENING

JUST DAYS AFTER THINGS HAVE

ESCALATED IN ISRAEL.

>> WITH THE DEATHS OF 6

HOSTAGES HAS THAT CHANGED THE

MOOD AT ALL OF WHAT'S HAPPENING

IN CHAPEL HILL TODAY?

>> WELL, JURORS, WE PUT THAT

QUESTION TO ORGANIZERS HERE

THIS AFTERNOON. THEY EMPHASIZE

THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST

SUPPOSED TO BE A THANK YOU TO

THOSE UNC STUDENTS AND THEY

TRIED TO MAKE THIS A

NON-PARTISAN AND NON-POLITICAL

EVENT STILL DIDN'T REALLY

TAKING SOME PRECAUTIONS HERE.

THIS PLACE CRAWLING WITH

SECURITY GUARDS THIS AFTERNOON

AND THE UP UNTIL NOW, THE VFW

HALL, THE HIGHWAY. 54 HAS BEEN

A COMPLETE SECRET. THOSE

PRECAUTIONS IN LARGE PART

DESIGNED TO DETER

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS HAVE

BEEN VERY ACTIVE SINCE UNC

STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS THIS

FALL. AND WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT

1000 STUDENTS, ACCORDING TO

ORGANIZERS HERE, THEY'RE GOING

TO BE BUSSED FROM CAMP. WAS ALL

OF US USE GREEK LIFE ROTC WERE

FIGHTING WITH THE 10 FRATERNITY

IDEAS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE

BEGINNING. THE FLAG THIS RING

WILL BE GETTING THEIR OWN.

THE IP AREA.

>> JUST FOR THOSE GUYS AND

THEIR GUESTS THERE. WE'VE GOT,

YOU KNOW, BEER WINGS, A BEER

PONG. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU

MIGHT WANT AT YOUR FRAT PARTY.

>> ORGANIZERS ALSO PROMISED

THAT, HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE

MONEY RAISED THAT HALF A

MILLION DOLLARS IS LEFT OVER

FROM THIS PARTY IS GOING TO BE

DONATED TO CHARITY. YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO KNOW HOW MUCH THAT

WILL BE INSTALLED THE WEEKS

AHEAD. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE

VERY LIMITED ON WHAT THEY CAN

DO WITH THE STRICT RULES

ASSOCIATED WITH GOFUNDME

FUNDRAISERS AND THE LAST COUPLE

OF MINUTES WE HAVE SEEN

STUDENTS START TO TRICKLE IN

HERE ON THE PROPERTY. WE'RE

EXPECTING SOME OF THE

HEADLINERS THAT INCLUDES JOHN

RICH, THE COUNTRY SINGER AS

WELL AS LEE GREENWOOD TO TAKE

THE STAGE STARTING AT 9, 30TH

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