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Laws have been written to govern the use of the Flag and to ensure a proper respect for
the Stars and Stripes. Custom has decreed certain other observances in regard to its use.
Respect OUR flag and render it the courtesies to which it is entitled by observing the
following rules:
The National Flag should be raised and lowered by hand. Do not raise the Flag while it is furled.
Unfurl, then hoist quickly to the top of the staff. Lower it slowly and with dignity. Place no
objects on or over the Flag. A speakers table is sometimes covered with the Flag. This practice
whould be avoided.
When displaying from a staff in a church or public auditorium, the Flag should hold the position
of superior prominence, in advance of the audience and at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he
faces the audience, with other flags at his left.
The Flag should never be displayed with the union down except as a signal of dire distress.
Do not use the Flag as a portion of a contume or athletic uniform. Do not embrodier it upon cushions
or handkerchiefs nor print it on paper napkins or boxes.
A federal law provides that a trademark cannot be registered which consists of, or comprises among
other things, "the Flag, coat-of-arms or insignia of the United States, or any simulation thereof."
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When displayed over the middle of the street, the Flag should be suspended vertically with eht union to the north in an east and west street, or to the east on a north and south street.
When displayed with another flag from crossed staffs, the Flag of the United States of America should be on the right (the Flag's own right) and it's staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
When it is to be flown at half-staff, the Flag should be hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position: but before lowering the Flag for the day it should again be raised to the peak. "Half-staff" means the position of the Flag when it is one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff. On Memorial Day display at half-staff until noon only, then hoist to the top of the staff.
When flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the Flag of the United States of America, the latter should always be at the peak. When flown from adjacent staffs the Stars and Stripes should be hoisted first and lowered last.
When the Flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from house to pole at the edge of the sidewalks, the Flag should be hoisted out from the building, toward the pole, union first.
When the Flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window silll, balcony of front of a building, the union of the Flag should go to the peak of the staff (unless the Flag is to be displayed at half-staff).
When in a procession with another flag, the Stars and Stripes should be either on the marching right, or when there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.
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Last Updated: October 20, 2003