Friday, November 27, 2015

Flag As Apparel


Not Proper.

"No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America...." Section 8. "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free." Section 8(d). "No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform." Section 8(j). (Image captured 11/27/2015 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/saba-ahmed-fox-news-hijab_564ca031e4b06037734bdfe2?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063.)

Friday, October 2, 2015

Presidential Proclamation: Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Roseburg, Oregon

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


A PROCLAMATION 

As a mark of respect for the victims of gun violence perpetrated on October 1, 2015, in Roseburg, Oregon, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, October 6, 2015. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.

BARACK OBAMA

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Flag Against A Wall


PROPER.

"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." Sec. 7(i). Photo (C) 2015 by W. Simmons