[P8riot]

There is no excuse for not properly displaying the flag.

http://www.usa-flag-site.org/etiquette-display.shtml

[rockrr]

I refused to dip my flag for teddy the swimmer...

[cyclotic]

Good Job.

In July, I gave about eight one hour sessions to a few hundred Cub Scouts at Day camp about flag skills. Raising, lowering, folding, trivia, burned a few of them for disposal. I left them with a charge to keep their eyes out for improper flag use, especially faded or torn flags on display and to ask the owner of the flag to replace it.

[EdReform]

BTTT! Thank you for your service to our country.

[LasVegasMac]

Great job!

and thank you!

[Gator113]

This reminds me of something I saw on Fox a few days ago.

During the ‘Kennedy comedy act’ there was a camera shot looking toward the capital building. I could see two flags, one had a torn corner and it looked like heck.

Our own government doesn’t care about or respect our flag anymore.

[RoadTest]

"The flag should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street." I disagree. Common sense tells us that taking a horizontal flag and rotating it clockwise 90˚ will leave the stars in the upper RIGHT corner.

[nicola_tesla]

And for those who might complain without knowing the facts...everybody should know how the American flag is displayed when the flagpole has a gaff ? Display in Maritime Setting For the most part, the provisions of the Flag Code are manifest in the traditions and customs for the display of the U.S. Ensign (flag) by seamen. The following provisions are made for the display of the flag on a mast located on yacht club grounds. (Chapman Piloting: Seamanship and Small Boat Handling, American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., New York, NY) 1. Single Mast (no Yard or Gaff) • U.S. Ensign (flag) is flown at the truck (#1). • All other flags are pennants flown below U.S. Ensign. 2. Mast with Yard: • U.S. Ensign (flag) is flown at the truck (#1). • Club burgee (flag) is flown at the starboard (right) yard arm (#3). 3. Mast with a Yard and Gaff: • U.S. Ensign (flag) is flown at the gaff (#2). • Club burgee (flag) is flown at the truck (#1). • Flags at #3 and #4 vary depending on the activity at the club. It is display #3 which causes the most confusion. This puts the club burgee in a higher position physically, but not above that of the U.S. Ensign (flag) symbolically. By the normal Flag Code provisions, this would seem to be an incorrect display. The tradition of the seas, however, is to hold the gaff as the position of honor; thus, the intent of this tradition and display is to give proper respect to the flag. Where a yard is involved, rules provide that when a foreign ensign is displayed, the U.S. Ensign (flag) is flown at #3; the foreign ensign at #4; the club burgee at #1; and other flags at #2. The gaff extends aft (to the rear), and a mast on yacht club grounds is faced seaward. Therefore the gaff will (or should) be directed toward the land. The observation point then becomes a point somewhere on the sea side of the mast. This then makes the placement of the U.S. Ensign (flag) in regard to the foreign ensign conform to Flag Code provisions.