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Linked from http://www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html
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STANDARDS of RESPECT
The Flag Code, which formalizes and unifies the traditional ways in which we give respect to the flag, also contains specific instructions on how the flag is not to be used. They are:
* The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal.
* The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.
* The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard
* The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations.
* The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.
* The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.
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STANDARDS of RESPECT
The Flag Code, which formalizes and unifies the traditional ways in which we give respect to the flag, also contains specific instructions on how the flag is not to be used. They are:
* The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal.
* The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.
* The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard
* The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations.
* The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.
* The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.
Campus flags will be at half-mast Friday in honour of Mary Reemeyer, a longtime employee in the Ontario Veterinary College Teaching Hospital, who died Nov. 30. A private family memorial service is planned for Friday.
- UN flies flag at half-mast to mourn five staff killed in Afghanistan (asiapacificnews.net)
- Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Marine Killed in Midair Collision (news.google.com)
- County facilities to have flags at half mast today (pleasantonweekly.com)
Alexander Bryans, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Pediatrics, passed away on Wednesday, December 2. The flag will be lowered in his honour.
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From qnc.queensu.ca
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- Flags at half mast for Professor Emeritus Frederick Clarke (qnc.queensu.ca)
- Flags at half mast for Professor Emeritus Arthur Kraus (qnc.queensu.ca)
- Flags at Half-staff for Racine Native Killed at Fort Hood (news.google.com)
http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/uga-vii-dies-205602.html
Uga VII has passed. Do we get an Otto II to bide time until VIII next season? As young as he was (hadn't finished a second season), this can't have been "natural causes". More information will likely be released tomorrow considering the time. This is certainly a sad day for the Georgians, and dog lovers.
May the big Dawg rest in peace.
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From dawgsports.com
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In the wake of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, flags should immediately be adjusted to half mast.
Governor Dave Freudenthal requests that flags be flown at half-staff beginning immediately until sunset, Tuesday, November 10, 2009.
President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation which calls for the flags to be flown at half-staff as a mark of [...]
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From starvalleyindependent.com
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Gov. Mike Rounds has asked that all flags in the state be flown at half staff Tuesday, from 8 a.m. until sunset, in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. Eduviges "Duvi" Guadalupe Preciado Wolf, who died Oct. 25, when her vehicle was ambushed while on a convoy in Afghanistan.
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From dailybreeze.com
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The Queen's flags are flying at half-mast for Jennifer Millan, a longtime library employee who passed away Thursday night.
Ms Millan had been with Central Technical Services for 39 years and had...
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From qnc.queensu.ca
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Part of the populace of Sumenep district on Wednesday raised the national flag half-mast to commemorate the G30S/PKI (September 30 Movement/Indonesian Communist Party) abortive coup in September 1965.
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From antara.co.id
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