Tag: American Flag
Random Riddle: 9-28-2013
| According to U.S. law, there are officially designated days that all U.S. flags are to be flown at half-mast (for example: Memorial Day). The President and state governors also have the right to declare certain days that flags are to be flown at half-mast.
There is a particular group of U.S. flags that are never lowered to half-mast and appear to “violate” this U.S. Law. These flags were erected by U.S. Military personnel, but those troops will never be accused of doing anything wrong for those violations. These flags are currently displayed today, and they have been for numerous years. Where is this particular group of flags displayed? |
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American Flag Etiquette In A Nutshell
Following proper American flag etiquette can get complicated at times; here is a quick and easy guide to use whenever flying or handling a U.S. flag
The U.S. Flag Code is full of guidelines regarding how and when to handle and fly the American flag. With so many rules to keep track of, it can be difficult to follow them all. Here is an easy guide to American flag etiquette everyone can use!
When displaying the U.S. Flag:
- Fly your flag from sunrise to sunset. If you want to fly it 24-hours, make sure it is properly lit up in the darkness. (Here is another article with more details)
- The flag should always fly above every other flag when displayed on a single pole or lanyard.
- If you’re displaying several flags in a row, the U.S. flag always goes to the observer’s left. Other world flags can be flown at the same height but state and local flags should always fly lower
- On special flag holidays, the American flag should fly at half-staff. On Memorial Day, it should fly at half-staff until noon and then be raised to full height
- When you fly your flag at half-staff, you should first raise it to full staff and lower it half way down the pole
- When displaying a flag on a casket, the Union should always be placed at the head and over the left shoulder
When storing or disposing the U.S. Flag:
- Fold the flag in the traditional triangle, never crumple it up. (For more details on how to fold an American flag, check out this article)
- Proper disposal is done by burning. First fold the flag and while its burning, everyone present should salute the flag, say the Pledge of Allegiance, and follow with a brief moment of silence. (For more specific steps, read this article on Proper Flag Disposal)
Make sure you NEVER:
- Dip the American flag to any person, vessel, or flag
- Let the flag touch the ground
- Fly the flag upside down, unless in case of serious emergency
- Carry anything in the flag
- Use the flag as clothing
- Store the flag in a place where it can get dirty
- Draw on it, or otherwise mark it in any other manner
Johnny Cash – Ragged Old Flag
Johnny Cash – Ragged Old Flag
Johnny Cash’s spoken word tribute to patriotism.
Enjoy and share!
“Ragged Old Flag”
I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sittin’ there.
I said, “Your old court house is kinda run down,
He said, “Naw, it’ll do for our little town”.
I said, “Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,
And that’s a ragged old flag you got hangin’ on it”.
He said, “Have a seat”, and I sat down,
“Is this the first time you’ve been to our little town”
I said, “I think it is”
He said “I don’t like to brag, but we’re kinda proud of
That Ragged Old Flag“You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
and It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it,
writing “Say Can You See”
It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson
tugging at its seams.
and It almost fell at the Alamo
beside the Texas flag,
But she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on
That Ragged Old Flag“On Flanders Field in World War I,
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun,
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp, and low, a time or two,
She was in Korea, Vietnam, She went where she was sent
by her Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
and now they’ve about quit wavin’ back here at home
in her own good land here She’s been abused,
She’s been burned, dishonored, denied an’ refused,
And the government for which she stands
Has been scandalized throughout out the land.
And she’s getting thread bare, and she’s wearin’ thin,
But she’s in good shape, for the shape she’s in.
Cause she’s been through the fire before
and i believe she can take a whole lot more.“
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