The 4th of July holiday was over but the holiday weekend continued as the sun rose over Fishers Friday morning, July 5th.  But the light of day also revealed what local authorities say was the work of arsonists.  Yes, the day after July 4th, an American flag was burned.

Not just any flag, but the 15×25 foot flag behind the Nickel Plate Amphitheater stage.  It took some daring to attempt this criminal deed – the Amphitheater is almost across the street from Fishers Police Headquarters.

Fishers Police Officers wasted no time in finding and charging two suspects, both age 18 and residents of Fishers.  That was quick work by our local men & women in uniform.

I have seen plenty of social media comments about this incident, as to why anyone would do something like this?  I must be honest, I have no idea.  The suspects, as always in our criminal justice system, are entitled to the presumption of innocence and will also be entitled to their day in court.

But I must also give a shout-out to the Fishers City Department of Public Works for coming in on a holiday weekend and cleaning up the damaged Amphitheater wall.  As of Saturday afternoon, the wall was totally repaired.

I cannot get inside the mind of any arsonist, so this makes no sense to me, and it may never make sense to any of us.  We should just be thankful for a good group of public servants that have done their jobs on the 4th of July weekend.