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How to Display Our Flag
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1.
When the flag is displayed over the middle of the
street, it should be suspended vertically with the
union to the north in an east and west street or to
the east in a north and south street.
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2.
The flag of the United States of America, when it is
displayed with another flag against a wall from
crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's
own right [that means the viewer's left
--Webmaster], and its staff should be in front
of the staff of the other flag.
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3.
The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first
hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered
to the half-staff position. The flag should be again
raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
By "half-staff" is meant lowering the flag to
one-half the distance between the top and bottom of
the staff. Crepe streamers may be affixed to spear
heads or flagstaffs in a parade only by order of the
President of the United States.
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4.
When flags of States, cities, or localities, or
pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard
with the flag of the United States, the latter
should always be at the peak. When the flags are
flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United
States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No
such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of
the United States or to the right of the flag of the
United States (the viewer's left). When the flag is
half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the US
flag at the mid-point and the other flag below.
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5.
When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a
rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of
the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union
first, from the building.
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6.
When the flag of the United States is displayed from
a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from
the window sill, balcony, or front of a building,
the union of the flag should be placed at the peak
of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.
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7.
When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should
be so placed that the union is at the head and over
the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered
into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
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8.
When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by
being flown from a staff, it should be displayed
flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either
horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union
should be uppermost and to the flag's own right,
that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a
window it should be displayed in the same way, that
is with the union or blue field to the left of the
observer in the street. When festoons, rosettes or
drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white and red
should be used, but never the flag.
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9.
That the flag, when carried in a procession with
another flag, or flags, should be either on the
marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or,
if there is a line of other flags, in front of the
center of that line.
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10.
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.
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11.
When flags of two or more nations are displayed,
they are to be flown from separate staffs of the
same height. The flags should be of approximately
equal size. International usage forbids the display
of the flag of one nation above that of another
nation in time of peace. The order of precedence for
flags generally is National flags (US first, then
others in alphabetical order in English), State
(host state first, then others in the order of
admission) and territories (Washington DC, Puerto
Rico, etc.), Military (in order of establishment:
Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard),
then other.
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12.
When displayed from a staff in a church or public
auditorium on or off a podium, the flag of the
United States of America should hold the position of
superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and
in the position of honor at the clergyman's or
speaker's right as he faces the audience. Any other
flag so displayed should be placed on the left of
the clergyman or speaker (to the right of the
audience). Please note that the old guidelines
differed from this updated and simplified one.
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13.
When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff shall
be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the
right fender.
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14.
When hung in a window, place the blue union in the
upper left, as viewed from the street.
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