Code details right ways to handle American flag

The Gazette;  June 14, 2004 ;     454 words ...The Flag Code approved by Congress on July 7, 1976, during the nation's bicentennial, explains proper ways to display the flag. Custom is to display the flag from sunrise to sunset; fly it at night only if it's properly illuminated...

Our flag is red, white, and blue.

Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin);  September 1, 2004 ;     634 words ...Our country has a flag. Our flag has stars and stripes. Citizenship Where Do You See Our Flag? We see our flag at a fire station. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We see our flag in parades. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We see our flag at school. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...

Flag etiquette

The Officer;  July 1, 1999 ;     507 words ...Behind a speaker - Hang the flag flat on the wall. Do not decorate the podium or table with the flag. In a hall or lobby - Hang the flag vertically across from the main entrance with the stars to the left of anyone coming through the door. Next to...

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The Virginian Pilot;  June 14, 2007 ;     538 words ...Respect for the flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, state flags and organization or institutional flags can be dipped as a mark...

Learn how to properly respect flag

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 23, 2000 ;     467 words ...1885 Carter Road The flag of the United States of America is one...world. There has been much debate over the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment, which...Constitution would have made burning the flag a punishable crime. I do not believe a...

Capitol flag treatment concerns observer

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 14, 2007 ;     689 words ...face=+Bold; FLAG DAY: BANNER COMMANDS RESPECTface=-Bold; Flag Day should be every day, says Daniel de Gracia II. "The American flag is something that we should honor all the time," said de Gracia, a pastor at International Christian Church. That...

GRANDPA'S FLAG

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 19, 2001 ;     652 words ...GRANDPA'S FLAG Family's treasured banner is stolen, as are several others...September 19, 2001 When John Brandenburg noticed that the flag on display Sunday at his home -- a flag that had decorated his father's coffin -- had disappeared...

Senator picks up flag, but it's back on floor

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 4, 1989 ;     449 words ...A U.S. flag lying on the floor in a controversial student...legislator who is a Vietnam veteran, but the flag was soon back on the floor. Museum officials...W. Dudycz (R-Chicago), who picked up the flag and handed it to a police lieutenant, saying...

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE GRAND OLD FLAG

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  June 14, 2000 ;     505 words ...Flag Day is June 14. The occasion reminds me of a beautiful poem about our flag by Francis Thompson: From a sunset's brilliant glow God took...from there. Putting them all together made patterns of a flag so fair. On Earth He chose a willing hand, a loyal heart...

Flying the flag

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  July 1, 2002 ;     261 words ...An American flag glows at night on a barn on Laraway Road in Joliet Township. An American flag seen through a rain-spattered window in Joliet. Mark Segvich puts up an American flag outside the Hiram B. Scutt mansion on North Broadway...

HOW TO FLY THE FLAG PROPERLY YEAR ROUND.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)

The Virginian Pilot;  June 14, 1996 ;     700+ words ......ERIC FEBER, STAFF WRITER THE AMERICAN FLAG - Old Glory, the Stars and Stripes, the...celebrated today from sea to shining sea. It's Flag Day, the holiday to celebrate the day in...Continental Congress adopted the first official flag of the new nation. Flag Day was first officially...

FLY YOUR FLAG TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR FREEDOM

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  June 14, 1998 ;     476 words ...The issue: Today is Flag Day, a time set aside to honor our nation...should be followed while displaying the flag. All across Will County, Illinois and the...it stands for by proudly displaying the flag. Today is Flag Day, a special time set...

With a little help from a Batavia dentist, Flag Day began 54 years ago

Sun, The: Batavia (IL);  June 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Laura Garina sews a U.S. flag at J.C. Schultz FlagSource, a flag manufacturing company in St. Charles. The demand for U...Day and Memorial Day, as patriotic observances go. But Flag Day is an important opportunity to honor and recognize...

This is our flag: our country has a special flag. It is red, white, and...

Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin);  September 1, 2001 ;     496 words ...CITIZENSHIP NEWS Our Flag Has 50 Stars The United States flag has 50 stars on it. The United States has 50 states in it. Each star on our flag stands for one of our states. CITIZENSHIP FEATURE Where Do We See Our Flag? We see our flag on people's...

FLAG DAY A TIME TO DISPLAY PATRIOTISM

Evansville Courier & Press;  June 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Not long before Flag Day last year, 58-year-old Hobert Sidney Jr., spent...soldiers killed in the Vietnam War, Sidney knew his flag protocol, including the rule about flying the American flag after dark. "My flag never comes down," said Sidney...