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Show American Legion. Auxiliary Conducts Flag Contest The American Legion and Auxiliary Duchesne Post No. 22, plan to present the school at Duchesne with a flag pole and flag on Washington's birthday. birth-day. An appropriate program will be held on that day. In an effort to teach the proper respect re-spect and correct usage of Old Glory a contest will be conducted. Each student will receive a copy of The Flag Code and a questionnaire containing con-taining fifty questions about the history his-tory and usage of the flag. The contest con-test will be conducted according to grade and each room reaching a given per cent will receive a silk flag with wall bracket The students answering answer-ing the most questions correctly in each room will have the honor of receiving re-ceiving the flag for his room ; and the room with the highest mark will receive the flag for the school. A copy of the questionnaire follows you should be able to answer most of the questions. AFTON P. CIlOCKEIt, Flag Committee Chairman. 1. When was the Stars and Stripes adopted as the United States flag? .. 2. Quote the language of the resolution reso-lution of the Continental Congress establishing the United States Flag. 3. During what ieriod in United States history did the United States Flag consist, of (a) .lhlrfeen stripes nnd thirteen stars? (b) Fifteen stripes and' fifteen stars? I. How many stars in our flag? Why? 5. How ninny stripes in our flag? Why? (. What is the color of the uppermost upper-most stripe. What is 'the color of the lowest stripe? 7. When a United States Flag i suspended on a wall with the rlpes vertical, is it in reality and legally tho flag of the United States? If not, why not? S, How early in the day and how late in the day shouJd the flag be displaced dis-placed from a mast? 0. When a flag is suspended across a sireet between buildings, what should be the position of the stars? 10. What date do we observe as the birthday of our flag? 11. What did General Washington say relative to the colors and stars of the new flag? 12. What are the proportions of the National Flag? 13. When, by whom and in what manner were these proportions established estab-lished officially? 14. How should a flag be rntacM and lowered? 15. On what days and occasions should the flag be displayed? 1G. WJien was "Old Glory" first displayed in battle? (a) On land? (b) On sen? 17. " How is the flag saluted: (a) By those in military or naval uniform? ' ' ' (b) Civilians (mates)?1' (e) Females? ' .;v 18. When should the 'salute to the-flag the-flag commence while.it is passing in street parade, nnd when should It end? 19. What are the best methods of displaying a flag indoors? 20. When a flag is displayed on a wall, what is the position of the stars? Why? 21. What is the exception to the general mile that the flag should not be used as drapery? Why? 22. What is the correct manner, of displaying the flag on Memorial day? 23. What is meant by half staff? 24. When the flag is displayed at half-staff, as on Memorial Day, how Is the flag placed in Its position. 25. How long should it remain, nt half-staff on Memorial Day? 20. What should then be done? 27. When our flag Is formally raised what should all present do? 28. What should spectators do if walking on the street when the flag is passing in parade? 20. Describe the correct, manner for placing the flag over a casket? 30. Should the flag be lowered into in-to a grave or be allowed to touch the , ground? 31. Ls it permissible to place anything any-thing upon the flag? If so, what? 32. When and how should blue, white and red bunting be used? 33. Should our flag ever be draped or twisted into rosettes? 34. Should the flag ever be worn as n part or whole of a costume? 35. When our flag is carried with other flags in a parade it should have the place of honor. Where is that place of honor? 30. What ceremonial United States flag event occurred during the World War which more closely united the two great Anglo-Saxon nations? 37. Is the hoisting of any other flag above our flag permitted? 38. What is the exception to this rule? 39. When only should the flag be-displayed be-displayed with the stars reversed or in the lower left hand corner? 40. What is the National Flag called call-ed in the navy? DUCHESNE Galley 14 41. ()er what three buildings in America is the flag flown from officially of-ficially continuously day and night? 42. What ls the rule to be observed obser-ved when flags of more than one nation na-tion are being flown in unison? 43. When a number of flags of different nations, are grouped in a cluster what is the position of the United States Flag? 44. When the flag Is illustrated in printed form, what Is the position of the stars? 15. What Is the origin of the anthem, an-them, "The Star-Spangled Banner"? 40. When, by. whom, and under what circumstances was the appellation appella-tion "Old Glory" given to the United States Hag? 47. Wluit is the Universal oral salute sal-ute to the flag? 48. WLy are we so little informed about our flag? How can this be remedied? 50. What otler question would you like to have answered about the United States Flag? |