Flag Etiquette

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Flag Etiquette

• Properly Displaying the Flag of The United States
  of America.

Prepared by John VanDusen CS255 Computers for
the Elementary School Teacher
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Purpose of this Presentation

• The purpose of this presentation is to educate
  teachers and students on how to properly display
  the United States Flag.

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Components of the Flag

• Stripes The stripe is symbolic of the rays of
  light emanating from the sun. There are 13
  stripes, representing the 13 original colonies.
• Stars The star is a symbol of the heavens and
  the divine goal to which man has aspired from
  time immemorial. There are 50 Stars that
  represents the 50 states.
• Union The Blue Field with White Stars is
  commonly referred to as, The Union.

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Colors

• RED The color red represents hardiness valor.
  It also represents the blood shed for our
  Country.
• WHITE The color white signifies purity and
  innocence.
• BLUE The color blue represents perseverance
  justice.

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Flying the Flag

• When the U.S. Flag is raised at sunrise, it
  should be raised briskly to the top of the pole.
• When the Flag is lowered at sunset, it should be
  lowered slowly.
• If the Flag is to be flown at Half-Mast (Half way
  up the flag pole), it should be raised to the top
  before lowering to half-mast. It should again be
  raised before lowering for the evening.

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Displaying Horizontally

• When the U.S. Flag is displayed horizontally, It
  should be displayed flat. The Union is to be in
  the Flags most upper right hand corner. (The
  observers upper left.)

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Displaying Vertically

• As when displaying horizontally, the Union is to
  be in the observers most upper left hand corner.
• When the flag is displayed over the middle of the
  street, it should be suspended vertically with
  the union to the north in an east and west street
  or to the east in a north and south street.

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Rules when Displaying the U.S. Flag with other
Flags

• When flags of States, cities, or localities, or
  pennants of societies are flown on the same
  halyard with the flag of the United States, the
  U.S. Flag should always be at the peak.
• When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs,
  the flag of the United States should be hoisted
  first and lowered last.

• No such flag or pennant may be placed above the
  flag of the United States.
• When flags of two or more nations are displayed,
  they are to be flown from separate staffs of the
  same height. The flags should be of equal size.
  International usage forbids the display of the
  flag of one nation above that of another nation
  in time of peace.

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Folding the Flag

• Fold the flag in half width-wise twice. Fold up a
  triangle, starting at the striped end ... and
  repeat ... until only the end of the union is
  exposed. When you get near the end - nothing but
  the blue field showing - tuck the last bit into
  the other folds to secure it.
• Meaning of the Folds AMERICAN FLAG

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Honoring the Flag

• There are several ways of showing respect for the
  flag. Visit the following web pages and discuss
  their contents.
• Standards of Respect for the U.S. Flag
• A Short History on the Pledge of Allegiance
• A Short History on our National Anthem
• FLAG DAY (JUNE 14)

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Flag Facts!

• Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag in 1776.
• Robert G. Heft Designed the 50 Star Flag.
• The American flag was placed on the moon by Neil
  Armstrong on July 20th 1969.
• Burning the flag is protected by the 1st
  Amendment to the Constitution.