A member of the Freeport Flag Ladies said Wednesday she is not sure if the women will move next week from their accustomed Tuesday morning position at the corner of School and Main streets – as they did this week – to avoid a Freeport woman demonstrating on behalf of Syrian refugees.

All three flag ladies, meanwhile – Elaine Greene, JoAnn Miller and Carmen Footer – plan to be in West Bath District Court on Friday morning, in an effort to extend a temporary protection from abuse order against James Roux III. Roux was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge outside the Freeport Public Safety Building during a 9/11 ceremony in which the flag ladies participated. The women charge that he has harassed them at a local coffee shop and at their home. Roux is the son of Liza Moore, the woman who was demonstrating Tuesday.

As of 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, efforts to contact Moore and Roux were unsuccessful.

Police Chief Jerry Schofield confirmed that Roux was arrested on Sept. 11, but that the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office decided not to issue a criminal complaint. Schofield said that all temporary protection orders have an assigned court date where the plaintiffs and defendant appear in court in front of a judge.

“The judge hears both sides arguments and decides if the order should be dismissed, amended in some fashion, or made permanent,” Schofield said.

The Freeport Flag Ladies stand on the corner of School and Main streets every Tuesday morning, waving American flags in honor of people killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This week, they crossed the street rather than to create a possible conflict with Moore, who held up signs on the behalf of Syrian and other refugees. Moore’s former husband, James M. Roux, died on 9/11 when one of the planes crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center.

Greene said that she, Miller and Footer decided to move across the street Tuesday when Moore stood in their spot, which she considered to be a deliberate, antagonist move.

“To stand their and get into a fisticuff with somebody is not in the spirit of the American people,” Greene said. “That’s not why we’re out there. We never go out to tell people what to think. That’s not what we do. That’s not what our mission is about.”

Moore said Wednesday that she began to demonstrate on the part of refugees three weeks ago at the spot the flag ladies use because it’s the most visible in town.

“I picked Tuesday because it’s the best day to be out in Freeport, because the flag ladies are out,” Moore said. “We need to raise awareness for refugees and homeless people. I’ll go there next week, and maybe they’ll get there earlier than us. If so, I’ll stand on the other side of the street.”

Moore said she is “not sure” if she has a problem with the patriotic message of the Freeport Flag Ladies.

“They say that their message isn’t political, but I don’t believe that’s true,” she said. “They use the flag to show that they’re patriotic and I can’t help think that they think I’m not.”

Roux responded to a Facebook message request.

“I’m proud of my mom,” Roux wrote. “I support refugees and I believe America’s greatest strength is compassion. I have no comment beyond that.”