Student gets truck wrapped in American flag for free after refusing to remove flag at school

ST. LEON, Ind. (WXIX/Gray News) - A high school student in Indiana received a red, white and blue upgrade to his pickup truck weeks after school administrators told him to stop flying an American flag.

Cameron Blasek, a senior at East Central High School, had flown an American flag from his pickup truck the entire school year.

But earlier this month, he was told by the school the flag broke the rules and had to be taken down.

Blasek refused to remove the flag and told the school that he wasn’t breaking any rules with school administrators backing down the following day.

The American Legion honored Blasek for standing up and refusing to remove the flag from his truck.

This week, a Cincinnati-area graphics company also showed its support for Blasek by making a new American flag custom wrap for his pickup truck.

GCI Digital Imaging applied the wrap to his truck for free.

“We did it because we are proud Americans that believe that Cameron did exactly what needs to be done, stand up for our freedoms,” owner TJ Bedacht said.

Blasek said he was in awe of his truck when he saw it and is happy to display his American pride when he gets to school.

“I’m pretty happy that now I get to pull up to school in this thing, and I am happy to show off this American pride,” he said.

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