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PostSubject: Flag Etiquette by Dan Meyer   Flag Etiquette by Dan Meyer Icon_minitimeWed Jan 20, 2010 9:36 pm

By: Dan Meyer

The office hours for the Big Stone County Veterans Service Office are 7:30 am – 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. My office phone number is (320) 839-6398.

I have received several questions over the past several months concerning Flag Etiquette and the proper displaying of our Flag outdoors. Well, let’s roll up our sleeves and talk about the greatest Flag ever flown, “Old Glory.”

Standards of Respect.

The Flag Code, which formalizes and unifies the traditional ways in which we give respect to the flag, also contains specific instructions on how the flag is not to be used. They are:

The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal.

The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.

The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard.

The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations.

The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.

The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.

When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.

The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.

When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner. If you have a flag that can no longer be respectfully flown due to its condition, please replaced it with a new one and bring the worn flag to my office.

Next week we will be covering displaying the Flag outdoors and the Flag in mourning.

Trivia question time. Last week’s question was, “What was unusual in the operation of the World War I (Davis Gun), an aircraft gun invented by U.S. Navy Commander Davis?” The answer is: recoilless gun.

This week’s question: “What do U.S. Navy sailors affectionately call their round white caps?” The answer in next week’s article.

Until next week, take care and “Fair Winds and Following Seas!”
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