UNC fraternity brothers who held U.S. flag up at Gaza protest high five adoring Republican fans as they pledge to 'keep it flying'

Several fraternity brothers from nan University of North Carolina Chapel Hill who defied pro-Gaza protestors by banding together to support nan U.S. emblem from rubbing nan crushed received a large and lukewarm invited from RNC attendees Wednesday. 

The fraternity brothers became a viral sensation overnight for their patriotic heroics successful defending nan Old Glory from protestors who had torn it down disconnected a field emblem rod successful precocious April this year. 

When nan group took nan shape astatine nan RNC Wednesday 1 could person believed a battalion of warfare heroes had conscionable returned from work overseas, but that reception was not for nan subject but for nan fraternity brother's militant defending of nan flag.

The brothers emerged successful a convoy carrying American flags to nan normal level - again flying nan American emblem pride. 

'When a mob tried to return down nan American emblem connected our field we knew we couldn't fto that happen,' 1 of nan students said to roars of approval.

'We stood guard, we held it up and did not fto it fall,' he added earlier an moreover much rapturous outburst of support from attendees. 

'It was each astir respect,' he continued. 'Not conscionable for nan cloth but for everything nan emblem stands for.'

'Too galore group person sacrificed everything for it. The slightest we could do is support it flying.'

'And coming we are proud to grant our emblem again.'

Then, pinch immoderate assemblage members tearing up, nan crowd exploded erstwhile again successful praise for nan fraternity brothers. 

After, nan brothers erstwhile again lined up and walked disconnected of nan level to cheers and salutes.  

The fraternity colour defender passed retired fist bumps and precocious fives to adoring attendees arsenic they walked off. 

In precocious April, aft nan pro-Palestinian protestors removed nan stars and stripes and replaced it pinch nan Palestinian flag, nan UNC Chapel Hill Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers reattached nan U.S. banner and began hoisting it high.

Later, aft a renewed effort by protestors to rip down nan emblem again, nan fraternity brothers stood guard, holding nan emblem up by manus arsenic they were mocked for their patriotism. 

However, nan schoolhouse yet decided to return down nan emblem to protect it from further damage. 

Images of nan students defending nan stars and stripes stood successful stark opposition to images from assemblage campuses this outpouring that astatine times progressive burning and desecrating nan flag. 

Their stunt earned them a immense crowdfunding boon, pinch nan brothers raising complete half a cardinal dollars to propulsion a party, aliases a 'rager' arsenic nan the students mightiness say.

Ultimately, nan pro-Gaza encampment that popped up connected nan field lasted 4 days earlier it was surgery up by authorities. 

In nan end, 36 activists were detained and six were arrested.