Show FLAG DAY fLAG DA DAY Y Ya a Every A American should learn the he etiquette o of I proper display and proper er respect for his nations nation's I fi flag a g. g Theres There's no b better time timeto to learn than now when A America pauses to observe Flag slag Day I I Ij j 4 rF ya Al I I f I If 1 w 1 I II I II I Whenever it is displayed vertically vertically verti verti- I cally or horizontally the flags flag's blue bluefield field Held of honor should be up and left I as shown here When a large flag is borne horizontally by a number j of people the blue field is forward and to the right I a. a 4 ti In a parade or procession the flags flag's place is on the marching right It may be carried in the center center cen cen- ter but should be in front of a line of other flags It should never be placed over the hood of an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile nor should it be used to cover cover cov cov- er the speakers speaker's desk or to drape the front of a platform Bunting with the blue stripes uppermost serves these purposes On a float I automobile or boat the flag should be displayed only on a staff I r fri I ri i ih h p A t. t r 4 i it T Ta a Suspended above a street the flag should hang vertically with the field to the north in an west east thoroughfare thoroughfare thor thor- and to the east in a north north- south thoroughfare When the flag is strung out from a window or on onI I I to a pole the field is to the front Anti And it should go clear to the peak of the staff unless the flag is to be displayed at half mast i a k r 4 ri x w. w r f. f J Jn n J r Tradition dictates that the flag should fly only from sunrise to sunset sunset sun sun- set although definite hours may beset beset be beset set by proper authority Give the banner to the breeze briskly in raising raising raising rais rais- ing it Lower it slowly and cere cere- Never permit a fold to touch the ground |