I thought I would post this in light of the USA's birthday coming up.


Federal law stipulates many aspects of flag etiquette. The section of law dealing with American Flag etiquette is generally referred to as the Flag Code. Some general guidelines from the Flag Code answer many of the most common questions:

* The flag should be lighted at all times, either by sunlight or by an appropriate light source.
* The flag should be flown in fair weather, unless the flag is designed for inclement weather use.
* 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 for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.
* 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. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard.
* 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, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations.
* The flag should never have any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind placed on it, or attached to it.
* The flag should never be used for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
* 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.

amazin how symbolic it is .

so much effort for a piece of cloth

Well that piece of cloth means so much to me...

i understand

I LIKE MIND ITS CALL :::::::::::C S A ::::::::;;::

cheers, now if we can just get us canadians to stop rollin dope with ours.!!!!!!!!! lol jk

I KNOW U DONT

Ohhh...I may have done something bad then?? I put a flag next to my husband's footstone at the cemetary, and there's 2 running lights on each end of his footstone. Is that wrong to have the flag out there like that???

Did everyone fall asleep on me here?....lol

ok...I guess I'm the official thread stopper....

WOW a lot of rules!

May be alot of rules but I follow each of those for the Flag that stands for our freedom

seahawks you silly

I dont think so knightless .

It depends on the type of flag you put (full size, small one intended to be stuck in the ground or planter etc...) and wether you laid it on the ground or have it protected fromt he elements (unless of course it is made to be in the elements).











I have to agree with you about following all the rules of the flag etiquette, but the sorry thing is they are no longer law. Every single thing you just mentioned USED tobe law, until P{resident Clinton changed it, claiming freedom of speech, etc..

Personally I would like to see all those guidelines reenstated as law, and sever punishment for those that desecrate it. But then I served six years in service, freedom has a whole special meaning for me that those who have never served will never know. And I will be the first one to tell you Ic an be very anal about our flag.