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When displaying the flag, it
is important to remember certain guidelines of proper flag etiquette.
They are:
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When on display or carried
in a procession with other flags, the flag should be positioned to its
own right. Also, it should be placed to the right of a speaker
or staging area, while other flags are placed to the left.
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When the flag is displayed
from a staff projecting horizontally from a window sill, balcony, or
building, the stars of the flag should be placed at the peak of the
staff unless the flag is at half staff.
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- The flag should be at the center and at
the highest point in the group when a number of flags of
states, localities, or societies are grouped for display.
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- When the flag is displayed either
vertically or horizontally against a wall, the stars should
be placed at the top of the flag's right and the observer's
left.
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- When the flag is unfurled for display
across a street, it should be hung vertically with the stars
to the north or east.
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- When the flag is flown with flags of
other nations they are to be displayed from separate staffs
of the same height, and each should be of equal size.
International law forbids the display of the flag of one
nation to be flown above that of another nation during time
of peace.
- During a time of national mourning, the
flag can be flown at half mast by order of proclamation of
the President of the United States. When flown at half
mast, the flag should be hoisted to the peak for an instant
and then lowered to the half staff position. The flag
should be raised to the peak before it is lowered at the end
of the day.
- On Memorial Day the flag should be
displayed at half mast until noon, then raised to the top of
the staff and flown until sunset.
- Local customs regarding the lowering of
company, city, or other flags to half mast are directed by
the executive officers of those service areas.
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- When the flag is used to cover a casket, it
should be placed with the stars at the head and over the left
shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or
be allowed to touch the ground.
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Information taken from a
brochure provided as a public service by the Disabled American
Veterans, National Headquarters, PO Box 14301, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45250-0301. |
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