Historic US flag that marked JFK assassination stolen from Derry school

Historic US flag that marked JFK assassination stolen from Derry school

The flag, which was flying at the site to mark US Independence Day, was removed overnight

Historic US flag stolen from Derry college

A historic American flag originally flown at half-mast to mark the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 has been stolen from a Derry school on the site of a former US naval base. Foyle College, which originally occupied two sites on the Duncreggan Road and Northland Road, relocated to a £27m campus on the Limavady Road in 2018. The new site was home to a US naval communication station between 1943 and 1977 – the oldest suc…