The day before flag-burning protest, Rep. John Curtis introduces bill to raise U.S. flag on mountain top

Utah Rep. John Curtis introduced a bill on Tuesday requiring a federal agency to allow the placement of the American flag on a peak overlooking Provo.

The “Star-Spangled Summit Act” was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee, where Curtis is vice chair of the federal lands subcommittee, one day before pro-Palestinian protesters in Washington, D.C., were seen burning American flags, replacing American flags with Palestinian flags and defacing public monuments near the U.S. Capitol.

Protesters had declared Wednesday a “day of rage” over the war in Gaza to coincide with a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who gave remarks to a joint session of Congress while his effigy was burned outside.