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How
to Display the United States Flag |
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1.
When the flag is displayed over the middle of the
street, it should be suspended vertically with the union
to the north in an east and west street or to the east
in a north and south street.
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2.
The flag of the United States of America, when it is
displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed
staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right,
and its staff should be in front of the staff of the
other flag.
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3.
The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first
hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to
the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised
to the peak before it is lowered for the day. By
"half-staff" is meant lowering the flag to
one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the
staff. Crepe streamers may be affixed to spear heads or
flagstaffs in a parade only by order of the President of
the United States.
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4. When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of
societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of
the United
States, the latter should always be at the peak. When
the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of
the United States should
be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or
pennant may be placed above the flag of the United
States or
to the right of the flag of the United States
(the viewer's left). When the flag is half-masted, both
flags are half-masted, with the US flag at the mid-point
and the other flag below.
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5. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending
from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the
flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the
building.
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6. When the flag of the United
States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally
or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front
of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at
the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.
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7. When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed
that the union is at the head and over the left
shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave
or allowed to touch the ground.
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8. When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown
from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether
indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or
vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost
and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's
left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed
in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to
the left of the observer in the street. When festoons,
rosettes or drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white
and red should be used, but never the flag.
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9. That the flag, when carried in a procession with another flag, or
flags, should be either on the marching right; that is,
the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other
flags, in front of the center of that line.
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10. The flag of the United
States of America should be at the center and at the highest point
of the group when a number of flags of States or
localities or pennants of societies are grouped and
displayed from staffs.
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11.
When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they
are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height.
The flags should be of approximately equal size.
International usage forbids the display of the flag of
one nation above that of another nation in time of
peace. The order of precedence for flags generally is
National flags (US first, then others in alphabetical
order in English), State (host state first, then others
in the order of admission) and territories (Washington
DC,
Puerto
Rico, etc.), Military (in order of establishment: Army,
Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard), then other.
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12.
When displayed from a staff in a church or public
auditorium on or off a podium, the flag of the United
States of America should hold the position of superior
prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the
position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right
as he faces the audience. Any other flag so displayed
should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker
(to the right of the audience).
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13.
When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff shall be
fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right
fender.
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14.
When hung in a window, place the blue union in the upper
left, as viewed from the street.
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The
above information was gathered from the
US History.org |
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