LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Le Tricolore flies again over the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino.
The national colors of France were restored Monday after casino executives had removed the unpopular flags in March.
"The decision to temporarily take the French flags off the outside of the property reflected the political sentiments of many of our guests at the time given what was happening in the Middle East," Park Place Entertainment spokesman Robert Stewart said Tuesday.
France was decidedly against going to war in Iraq, and its stance led some Americans to boycott French products in the United States.
Stewart said not all of the 21 French flags will be restored atop the Las Vegas Strip casino. He said there will be eight American flags commingled with 13 blue, white and red French flags, whose colors are said to stand for liberty, equality, and fraternity.
"We think it's appropriate to have both the French and American flags displayed on the property to reflect the French culture the resort celebrates and the fact it is an American property," he said.
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