flag flying rules

[speed]

i just bought a couple flags one small one on a pole wich can be taken down with ease the other i want to tack above my garage door. the question is the large one will not be easy access can i tack it or do they need to hang from a pole? do you have to remove them at night and in bad weather? the one i want to tack i would not want to climb 30ft up every night to take down. i do not want to do anything to show disrespect. any help would be great. want to show support for the troops but want to do it right.

[WATERWINGS]

I think, YES, take it down at night, (we always did at school and at work) and if you hang it from your garage in a downward direction, make sure the stars are on the left side????

Please let me know if I am wrong!

I hang a HUGE flag from the top of my house on 9-11 for about a week to show rememberance for all that lost their lives that day.

I didn't hang it for support of the war because I thought it would go on for quite a while, (or wasn't sure how long)

The flag goes from the very top of my one story house to almost the ground!

However, I do leave it up because I would have to get on top of the house every night to take it down, if it rains I try to get it down, and never let it touch the ground. (your supposed to burn it if it does) (and from what I understand from veterans, it needs to be burned on coals, so it wont actually touch flames)

But it seems that as time goes by we don't respect the flag like we did when I was young.

If I am way off here, please let me know!

Any Veterans?

[speed]

thanks for the rep[y. i agree the flag needs to be treated with more respect.

[Jay R.]

your right on the starts, they stay to THEIR right or the left if looking on it. but if its up it can stay up. I wouldn't worry about it being up all night!

[gaineso]

It's fine to leave it up all night, and even in bad weather. However, it is supposed to be illuminated at all times. Any kind of light that will fully show that it's an American Flag being displayed with respect.

There's a big street light in front of my house that illuminates mine and my neighbor's.

[speed]

thanks guys. have the small one up just need to do the big one.

[Techno]

Another thing bout the flags. Depends on who you buy from too. Around here I can buy a flag from the Veterans Outreach and the profits go to this orginisation. Kind of 2 things at once.

[kenroc]

The most important thing to remember is to illuminate the flag at night. In the military we actually have "Flag Detail", on posts where the post flag is not illuminated. Everyday at 5 PM we have to take the flag down, and put it back up at 6 AM.

If there are lights under the flag, we don't have to worry about it. It is really great to see people actually asking if they don't know, to make sure they are respecting the flag.

UNITES STATES ARMY AND D*$% PROUD OF IT!!

HOOAH!!:)

[Fish]

I copied this from : http://www.recordonline.com/news/wtc/flag.html

Tips from the Sons of the American Revolution:

It is the universal custom to display the Flag only from sunrise to sunset on stationary flagstaffs in the open. The Flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.

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 the line.

The Flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff.

No other Flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the Flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval Chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the Flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy.

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 and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag. 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.

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, the Flag should be displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street. see photo below

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.

When used on a speaker's platform, the Flag, if displayed flat, should be displayed above and behind the speaker. When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium, 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 or to the right of the audience.

The Flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument, but it should never be used as a covering for a statue or monument.

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. On Memorial Day, the Flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff.

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.

Respect for the Flag. No disrespect should be shown to the Flag of the United States of America; the Flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, state flags, and organizational or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

The Flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of the dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

The Flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

The Flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

Bunting of blue, white and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping in front of the platform, and for decoration in general.

The Flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.

No part of the Flag should ever be used as a custom or athletic uniform. However, a Flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The Flag represents a living country and is itself considered
as a living thing. Therefore, the lapel Flag being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.

The Flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

Hoisting, lowering or passing of the Flag. During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the Flag, or when the Flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present except those in uniform should face the Flag and stand at attention with the right hand over the heart. Those present in uniform should render the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Aliens should stand at attention. The salute to the Flag in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the Flag passes.

[gaineso]

Fish

Thanks for the post. I knew most of that, sorta, but it's really great to see it in print.

Thanks