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"HOW TO FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG"
10 Guidelines for Proper Flag Etiquette
1. The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
2. The flag is never allowed to touch the ground or the floor.
3. When hung over a sidewalk on a rope extending from a building to a pole, the union stars are always away from the building.
4. When vertically hung over the center of the street, the flag always has the union stars to the north in an east/west street, and to the east in a north/south street.
5. 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.
6. The flag should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds but always allowed to fall free.
7. The Flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day then raised to the top of the staff.
8. Never fly the flag upside down except as a signal of distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
9. The flag is never flown in inclement weather except when using and all-weather flag.
10. The Flag can be flown every day from sunrise to sunset and at night if illuminated properly.
When to fly the Flag
EVERY DAY! It is quite appropriate to fly the flag any and every day of the year. The Flag Code (§174d) does outline certain days on which it is especially important and desirable to fly the flag:
• New Year's Day (January 1st) • Inauguration Day (January 20th) • Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th) • Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday in February) • Easter Sunday (Varies in early Spring) • Mothers Day (2nd Sunday in May) • Armed Forces Day (3rd Saturday in May) • Memorial Day (Last Monday in May) • Flag Day (June 14th) • Independence Day (July 4th) • Labor Day (First Monday in September) • Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October) • Navy Day (October 27th) • Veterans Day (November 11th) • Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November) • Christmas Day (December 25th) • Other Days as proclaimed by the President of the United States • Birthdays of States (Based upon the date of admission to the Union) • State holidays
How to fold the Flag
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