Flag removed from Saint Johns bed and breakfast over Confederate confusion

Bed and breakfast Nordic Pineapple in Saint Johns has removed their Norwegian flag after dozens of people confuse it for the Confederate flag.

"YOU'RE A BIGOT BECAUSE YOU FLYTHE CONFEDERATE FLAG."ONLY ONE PROBLEM -- THAT'S NOTTHE CONFEDERATE FLAG.

IT'SACTUALLY THE FLAG OF NORWAY.AND BECAUSE OF THAT CONFUSION...THE NORWEGIAN FLAG IS NO LONGERFLYING OVER ABED AND BREAKFAST IN CLINTONCOUNTY.THE OWNERS TOOK IT DOWN...DESPITE THEIR NORWEGIANHERITAGE.NOW THE COUPLE IS TRYING TO SETTHE RECORD STRAIGHT.FOX 47'S MAUREEN HALLIDAY IS INSAINT JOHNS WITH THE STORY."WE STARTED TO HAVE THIS CONCERNTHAT IT WAS DETERRING POEPLEAWAY FROM COMING TO OUR BEDAND BREAKFAST.

THAT THEY WOULDSEE IT AND MAKE THIS JUDGEMENT."GREG AND KJERSTEN OFFBECKERDECIDED TO REMOVE THEIRNORWEIGIAN FLAG FROM DISPLAYINGATTHE FRONT ENTRENCE OF THEIR BEDAND BREAKFAST IN SAINT JOHNSLAST WEEK.

KJERESTEN SAYS DOZENSOF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFUSINGTHEIR FLAG FOR THE CONFEDERATEFLAG.

"WE'RE TRYING TO EMBRACEOUR HERITAGE BUT JUST FELT RIGHTNOW WHERE EVEYRHTING IS, WITHEVERYTHING THATS BEEN GOING ONIN OUR COOUNTRY THAT NOW IS JUSTNOT THE TIME.""THEY ARE THE SAME COLOR, BUTTHERE ARE NO STARS ON THENORWEGIAN FLAG AND THECONFEDERATEFLAG IS A BIG 'X' AND THENORWEIGIAN FLAG,IS PART OF THENORDIC COUNTRIES, THEY'RE ALLCROSSES.THE COUPLE SAYS THEY ARE PROUDOF THEIR HERITAGE BUT SAYS IT'SNOT WORTH THE FRUSTATION."WHEN WE DID OUR PHOTOGRAPHYOVER I SAID WE NEED TO TAKE ITDOWN, WHICH HE WAS OPPOSED TO.HE WAS LIKE 'PEOPLE SHOULD KNOWTHE DIFFERENCE.'

AND I WAS LIKE'THEY SHOULD BUT THEYDON'T."BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.

I CAMEDOWN AND WAS LIKE 'I'M DONE.I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

I'M TIRED OFPEOPLE MISTAKING US FOR THIS."THE OFFBECKERS MOVED INTO THEHISTORIC HOME TWO YEARS AGO.KJERSTEN SAYS THEY HAVE RECEIVEDHATE MAIL AND PHONE CALLS EVERSINCE."WHAT WE;RE GETTING IS SO MUCHMORE NEGATIVE NOW.

IT'S NOTJSUT 'HEY YOU'RE FLYING THECONFEDERATEFLAG.'

IT'S 'YOU SHOUDL BEASHAMED TO FLY THE CONFEDERATEFLAG.

YOU'RE A BIGOT BECAUSEYOU FLY THE CONFEDERATE FLAG."I'M MAUREEN HALLIDAY, FOX 47NEWSKJERSTEN SAYS..

SOME PEOPLE AREEVEN CONVINCED HER HOME WASBUILT BY ACONFEDERATE LEADER.THAT'S FALSE.IT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT BY UNIONWORKERS FOR THE DAUGHTER OF THETOWN'S FOUNDER.THE COUPLE IS TRYING TO COME UPWITH A NEW WAY TO HANG THE FLAG-- WITHOUT PEOPL