When to Display the United States Flag
Apr 14, 2005 19:25:47 GMT -6
Post by Moderator on Apr 14, 2005 19:25:47 GMT -6
TIME AND OCCASIONS FOR DISPLAY
The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on ...
On Memorial Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon, then raised to the top of the staff.
On Patriot Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff from sunrise until sunset.
On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff from sunrise until sunset.
The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.
The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.
The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.
The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all-weather flag is displayed.
It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. When a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
There are eight sites in the United States where the flag is flown day and night under specific legal authority ...
As a matter of custom, and without specific statutory or official authorization, the flag is flown at night at many other sites, including the United States Capitol. The display of the flag in a respectful manner with appropriate lighting does not violate the spirit of the Flag Code, since the dignity accorded to the flag is preserved by lighting that prevents it from being enveloped in darkness.
The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. 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 head-dress 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.
PLEASE NOTE ... Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans of the Armed Forces who are present but not in uniform are now permitted to salute the Flag as it passes in parade or in review, as well as during the playing of the National Anthem.
FLAG PROTOCOL FOR NATIONAL CEMETERIES
The United States flag is flown over national cemeteries every day during the hours of operation. The flag is flown at half-staff on the morning of Memorial Day and during interment services. Flags of any type are not permitted on the graves at any other time because of the possibilities of flag standards becoming flying missiles if struck by mowers, or becoming unsightly if left unattended. In addition, flag protocol requires that all United States flags flown after dark be illuminated.
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This information is copied from Pages 10, 11 and 27 of the United States Flag Manual, a publication distributed by the Military Salute Project. Click the following link to view or download the complete manual ...
militarysalute.proboards.com/thread/737/united-states-flag-manual
The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on ...
On Memorial Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon, then raised to the top of the staff.
On Patriot Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff from sunrise until sunset.
On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff from sunrise until sunset.
The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.
The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.
The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.
The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all-weather flag is displayed.
It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. When a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
There are eight sites in the United States where the flag is flown day and night under specific legal authority ...
As a matter of custom, and without specific statutory or official authorization, the flag is flown at night at many other sites, including the United States Capitol. The display of the flag in a respectful manner with appropriate lighting does not violate the spirit of the Flag Code, since the dignity accorded to the flag is preserved by lighting that prevents it from being enveloped in darkness.
The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. 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 head-dress 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.
PLEASE NOTE ... Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans of the Armed Forces who are present but not in uniform are now permitted to salute the Flag as it passes in parade or in review, as well as during the playing of the National Anthem.
FLAG PROTOCOL FOR NATIONAL CEMETERIES
The United States flag is flown over national cemeteries every day during the hours of operation. The flag is flown at half-staff on the morning of Memorial Day and during interment services. Flags of any type are not permitted on the graves at any other time because of the possibilities of flag standards becoming flying missiles if struck by mowers, or becoming unsightly if left unattended. In addition, flag protocol requires that all United States flags flown after dark be illuminated.
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This information is copied from Pages 10, 11 and 27 of the United States Flag Manual, a publication distributed by the Military Salute Project. Click the following link to view or download the complete manual ...
militarysalute.proboards.com/thread/737/united-states-flag-manual