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Sponsored By
BSA Troop 83
Flags Collected:

NHS Test Site (Ignore)
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Flying the Flag
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When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be
suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or
to the east in a north and south street.
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When the flag is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed
staffs, should be on the flag's own right (viewer's left), and it's
staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
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When
the flag is flown at half-staff, it should be hoisted to the
peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. Before it is lowered for the day,
the flag should be again raised to the peak . "Half-staff"
means lowering the flag to one-half the distance between the
top and bottom of the staff.
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When the flag of the United States is flown on the same halyard as flags
of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies, the flag of the
United States
should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs,
the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No
such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to
the right of the flag of the United States. When the flag is at half-staff,
both flags are at half-staff, with the US flag at the mid-point and the other
flag below.
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When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a
house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out,
union first, from the building.
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When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting
horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a
building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff
unless the flag is at half-staff.
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When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be placed so that the
union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be
lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
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When
the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it
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.
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When the flag is carried in a procession with another flag, or flags, it
should be either on the the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other
flags, it should be in front of the center of that line.
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The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at
the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities
or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.
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When
flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate
staffs at the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal
size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above
that of another nation in time of peace.
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When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium on or off a
podium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the position of
superior prominence, in front of the audience, and to the right of the speaker as he faces the audience. Any other flag
displayed should be placed on the left of the speaker (to the
right of the audience).
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When
the flag is displayed on a car, the staff should be fixed firmly to
the chassis or clamped to the right fender.
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When hung in a window, place the blue union in the upper left, as viewed
from the street.
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