Whoever put that web site together is counting on no one checking the citations used. I did. You should have.
From your link: The only statute or regulation, in the United States, prescribing a yellow fringed United States flag is Army Regulation No. 260-10, making it a military flag.
Problem is AR 260-10 is not listed as an Army regulation in the US Army Publishing Directorate.
The only reference I could find to the fringed flag is from AR 840-10 (Also referenced in your link)
AR 840-10
1–7. Materials
Flags designed primarily for indoor and parade display will normally be made of banner rayon or heavyweight nylon with rayon fringe. Those designed primarily for outdoor display will be made of nylon-wool or heavyweight nylon without fringe.
1–8. Restrictions
3–3. Material
All positional colors for indoor display are rayon banner cloth or heavyweight nylon, trimmed on three sides with rayon fringe 2 1/2 inches wide.
The other citations ref to US Code simply do not say what the Flag Code, Etiquette and Laws website seems to think they do. For example, the phrase "Under color of law" does not refer to gold fringe, red, white, blue or any other color. That is just ridiculous.
You have been on the Q threads long enough to know to check your sources.
After thoroughly reading and researching your rebuttal, I conclude that the gold or yellow fringe sometimes seen on the Flag of the United States, is merely a decoration used on flags intended for indoor or ceremonial use. Not for daily outdoor display. It is just a decoration and gold is not the "Color of law" maritime, martial or otherwise.
Good post, Chuckster. Thanks,
Bringing this from over there because it caught my eye...
The FBI Spent 80 Years CREATING Domestic Terrorism;
Now They Will Target 80 Million Voters by Labeling Them Terrorists!
https://fbicorruption.news/2021-01-27-fbi-target-80-million-voters-labeling-them-terrorists.html
Link in Article:
How the FBI Created Domestic Terrorism:
80 Years of Psychological Warfare Revealed
~Easy
Correct about AR 260-10. It’s an obsolete AR that has been superseded by AR 840-10 https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/docs/AR840-10.pdf
Interestingly enough, the Army Study Guide website has a reference about the gold fringe on the US Flag:
“...Gold fringe is used on the National flag as an honorable enrichment only. It is not regarded as an integral part of the flag and its use does not constitute an unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statutes.
Records of the Department of the Army indicate that fringe was used on the National flag as early as 1835 and its official use by the Army dates from 1895. There is no record of an Act of Congress or Executive Order which either prescribes or prohibits the addition of fringe, nor is there any indication that any symbolism was ever associated with it. The use of fringe is optional with the person or organization displaying the flag.
A 1925 Attorney General’s Opinion (34 Op. Atty. Gen 483) states:
“The fringe does not appear to be regarded as an integral part of the flag, and its presence cannot be said to constitute an unauthorized additional to the design prescribed by statute. An external fringe is to be distinguished from letters, words, or emblematic designs printed or superimposed upon the body of the flag itself. Under the law, such additions might be open to objection as unauthorized; but the same is not necessarily true of the fringe.”
It is customary to place gold fringe on silken (rayon-silk-nylon) National flags that are carried in parades, used in official ceremonies, and displayed in offices, merely to enhance the beauty of the flag. The use of fringe is not restricted to the Federal Government. Such flags are used and displayed by our Armed Forces, veterans, civic and civilian organizations, and private individuals. However, it is the custom not to use fringe on flags displayed from stationary flagpoles and, traditionally, fringe has not been used on internment flags...”
That’s very interesting, thanks. And I had also heard that lack of sunlight during winter in the northern states makes one excessively crabby without cause. It’s obviously true!