b'i s p l ay I t Co r re c t l y R e s p e c t I t reTre at I tWi t h CaDIt is the universal custom to display the national flag from sunrise toIf displayed flat against a wall on a speakers platform, the U.S. flag sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open on all daysshould be placed above and behind the speaker. When displayed either that weather permits, but especially on national and state holidays andhorizontally or vertically the union of the flag should be in the upper left other days that may be proclaimed by the President of the United States. hand corner as the audience faces the flag.F L A G E T T I Q U I T EThe U.S. flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminatedHow To Display The Flagduring hours of darkness. The U.S. flag 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 The U.S. flag should be displayed DAILY on or near the main building ofsocieties are grouped and displayed from staffs. When the U.S. flag is on every public institution, during school days in or near every schoolhouse,display with flags of other nations, all staffs should be of equal height and in or near every polling place on election days. with the U.S. flag in the position of honor at the U.S. flags own right, which is the extreme left as the flags are viewed.Always hoist the U.S. flag briskly. Lower it ceremoniously.The U.S. flag when displayed with another flag against a wall from The U.S. flag, when carried in a procession with another or other flags,crossed staffs, should be on the U.S. flags own right, and its staff should should be either on the marching right (the flags own right) or, if therebe in front of the staff of the other flag.is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line. Never display the U.S. flag from a float except from a staff, or so suspended that its folds fallWhen displayed outdoors with other flags, the position of honor for the free as though staffed. U.S. flag is the U.S. flags own right which is normally the extreme left position as the flags are most frequently viewed.Saluting The FlagWhen a national flag is raised or lowered as part of a ceremony, or whenWhen the U.S. flag is displayed on a pole projecting from a building, the it passes by in a parade or in review, all persons, except those in uniform,union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag should face the flag and stand at attention with the right hand over theis at half staff. When suspended from a rope extending from the building heart. on a pole, the flag should be hoisted out union first from the building.Those in uniform should give the military salute. When not in uniform,When flags of two or more nations are displayed: In this circumstance, a man should remove his hat with his right hand and hold it at the leftall the flags including the U.S. flag are to be flown from separate staffs 392 shoulder, the hand being over the heart. The flag should be saluted atof the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. the moment it passes in a parade or in review. Citizens of other countriesInternational usage forbids the display of one nation above that of stand at attention, but need not salute. another nation in time of peace.When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium, the flag ofWhen the flags of the five services are displayed together, protocol the U.S. should be in the position of honor at the clergymans or speakersrequires that they appear (from the standpoint of an observer facing right as he faces the audience (the left of the audience). Any other flagthem) arranged from left to right in the following orderArmy, Marine so displayed is to be placed to the speakers left as he faces the audienceCorps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.(the right of the audience).'