Flag Etiquette

Standards of Respect

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   THE United States Flag Code, which formalizes and unifies the traditional ways in which we give respect to the flag, also contains specific instructions on how the flag is not to be used. They are:
   • The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal.
   • The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general.
   • The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use.
   • The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen and members of patriotic organizations.
   • When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
   • The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary. When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner. Most American Legion Posts regularly conduct a dignified flag burning ceremony, often on Flag Day, June 14. Contact your local American Legion Hall and inquire about the availability of this service.
   Displaying the Flag Outdoors:
   • When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting from a window, balcony or a building, the union should be at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff.
   • When it is displayed from the same flagpole with another flag — of a state, community, society or Scout unit — the flag of the United States must always be at the top except that the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for Navy personnel when conducted by a Naval chaplain on a ship at sea.
   • When the flag is displayed over a street, it should be hung vertically, with the union to the north or east.
   • When flown with flags of states, communities or societies on separate flag poles which are of the same height and in a straight line, the flag of the United States is always placed in the position of honor — to its own right…. The other flags may be smaller but none may be larger.
   • No other flag ever should be placed above it.
   • The flag of the United States is always the first flag raised and the last to be lowered.
   • The flag of one nation may not be displayed above that of another nation.
   Raising and Lowering the Flag:
   • The flag should be raised briskly and lowered slowly and ceremoniously.
   • Ordinarily it should be displayed only between sunrise and sunset. It should be illuminated if displayed at night.
   • The flag of the United States of America is saluted as it is hoisted and lowered. The salute is held until the flag is unsnapped from the halyard or through the last note of music, whichever is the longest.
   The Flag in Mourning:
   • To place the flag at half staff, hoist it to the peak for an instant and lower it to a position half way between the top and bottom of the staff. The flag is to be raised again to the peak for a moment before it is lowered. On Memorial Day, the flag is displayed at half staff until noon and at full staff from noon to sunset.
   The flag is to be flown at half staff in mourning for designated, principal government leaders and upon presidential or gubernatorial order. When used to cover a casket, the flag should be placed with the union at the head and over the left shoulder. It should not be lowered into the grave.
Source: www.USFlag.org