[Chuckster]

Also, if we're under the admiralty/military, when did that start? Because the flags at Trump's 2016 victory speech had gold fringe.

This stupid "Gold Fringe" thing is really getting tiresome.

The gold fringe is just a decoration used on indoor and ceremonial flags. PERIOD

Have you ever seen a flag with gold fringe flying from an outdoor pole at a government facility or building? A Navy or Coast Guard ship?

The gold fringe means absolutely nothing beyond that that particular flag was intended for indoor display or ceremonial use only. The fringe would very quickly disappear if the flag were flown outdoors in the wind.

[stylin19a]

It will have to be ‘splained again to the next generation of Freepers to this thread.

[Spirit of Liberty]

This stupid "Gold Fringe" thing is really getting tiresome.

I don't disagree. Someone else asked so I was providing information.

[pgkdan]

This stupid "Gold Fringe" thing is really getting tiresome. The gold fringe is just a decoration used on indoor and ceremonial flags. PERIOD Have you ever seen a flag with gold fringe flying from an outdoor pole at a government facility or building? A Navy or Coast Guard ship? The gold fringe means absolutely nothing beyond that that particular flag was intended for indoor display or ceremonial use only. The fringe would very quickly disappear if the flag were flown outdoors in the wind.

This is one subject that drives me nutz. Thanks for the simple and cogent explanation. Please keep it handy for the next zillion times this subject comes up as if it were a fringed flag flying over a brand new rabbit hole.