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It’s Flag Day!
By DK | June 14, 2010 |
Flag Day is a day for all Americans to celebrate and show respect for our flag, its designers and its makers. Our flag represents our independence and our unity as a nation…..one nation, under God, indivisible.
Properly Displaying The Flag
There is a right way and a wrong way to display the flag. The American flag should be held in the highest of regards. It represents our nation and the many people who gave their lives for our country. Please display it properly this Flag Day, and every day:
* The flag is normally flown from sunrise to sunset.
* In the morning, raise the flag briskly. At sunset, lower it slowly. Always, raise and lower it ceremoniously.
* The flag should not be flown at night without a light on it.
* The flag should not be flown in the rain or inclement weather.
* After a tragedy or death, the flag is flown at half staff for 30 days. It’s called “half staff” on land ,and “half mast” on a ship.
* When flown vertically on a pole, the stars and blue field , or “union”, is at the top and at the end of the pole (away from your house).
* The American flag is always flown at the top of the pole. Your state flag and other flags fly below it.
* The union is always on top. When displayed in print, the stars and blue field are always on the left.
* Never let your flag touch the ground, never…period.
* Fold your flag when storing. Don’t just stuff it in a drawer or box.
* When your flag is old and has seen better days, it is time to retire it. Old flags should be burned or buried. Please do not throw it in the trash. There’s a very special ceremony for retiring the flag by burning it. Your local Boy Scout group knows the proper ceremony and performs it on a regular basis. If you have an old flag, give it to them for disposal and attend the ceremony.
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Very nice! I still have an American flag folded stored. I can’t part with it. I have a nice one that I made by crochet (just like the one CaJohn got for his b-day) hanging over the bench in the living room.
My flag is always out…We have a dusk to dawn light over it. I have many relatives that have served and are serving to make our country safe.
War sucks…to put it simply, but thank God we don’t have mortars going off in our back yards!
Fly your flag every day!
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