Show r f oj s t r rI I r s 1 1 f f Display Old Glory During this time of the year when there are many manyI I occasions for flying the Nations Nation's Flag it is appropriate that we are reminded of the proper ways to display Old Glory IT IS THE universal custom to display the flag only 1 from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs la g staffs in the open but it should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement The flag ma may be displayed at night upon special occasions when it is desired to produce a patriotic effect ALWA ALWAYS YS HOIST the flag briskly Lower it Display the flag on all days that weather permits permits permits per per- mits but especially on national and state holidays and other days that may be proclaimed by the President of the United States Never in any way should any disrespect be shown the flag of the United States of America The flag should never neter be dipped to any person or thing THE FLAG should never be displayed with the union down except as a signal of dire distress The flag should never er r touch anything beneath it ground floor water or merchandise The flag should never be carried horizontally but always aloft and free Never use the flag as drapery festooned drawn dra back nor up in folds but always allowed to fall free FOR DRAPING platforms and decoration in general use blue white and red bunting Always arrange it with blue above the white in the middle and the red q Lelow Jo v. v The flag should never be fastened displayed used or stored in such a manner as will permit it to be easily torn soiled or damaged in any way NEVER EVER USE A flag as a covering or drape for a ceiling The flag should never have placed upon it nor noron noron on any part of it nor attached to it any ny mark insignia letter word figure design picture or drawing of any nature The flag should never be used for receiving holding carrying or delivering anything IT SHOULD not be embroidered on such articles as cushions handkerchiefs and the like printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard or used as any portion of a costume or athletic uniform Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown WHEN THE TilE FLAG is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display it should be destroyed in a dignified way preferably by burning privately When the flag of the United States is displayed from froma a staff projecting from a building the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff WHEN WIlEN SUSPENDED from a rope extending from the building to a pole the flag should be hoisted out union first from the building When the flag is displayed other than from a staff it should be displayed flat or so suspended that its folds fall free WHEN WIlEN DISPLAYED over a street place the union so it faces north or east depending upon the direction of the street This is one of the rules of displaying the flag that is most often innocently abused In the chancel of a church or on a speakers speaker's platform platform platform plat plat- form the flag is placed to the speakers speaker's right Other flags to the speakers speaker's left WHEN WIlEN DISPLAYED elsewhere than on the platform it should be placed at the right of the audience as they face the platform Other flags should be to the left of the audience If displayed flat against the wall on a speakers speaker's platform the flag should be placed above and behind the speaker the union of or the flag in the thc upper left lefthand lefthand lefthand hand corner as the audience faces the flag THE FLAG SHOULD form a distinctive feature at atthe atthe atthe the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument but should never be used as the covering for the statue or monument During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag flagor or when the flag is passing in parade all persons should face the flag stand at attention and salute A MAN SHOULD remove his hat and hold it with the right hand over the heart Men without hats and women salute by placing the right hand over the heart The salute to the flag in the moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes |