National Flag Day
Fourteen June 1777 the second Continental Congress adopted the flag we know today as, “Old Glory”. In 1916 President Wilson made a proclamation declaring 14 June as National Flag Day. In 1937 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania became the one and only state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.
The U.S. flag code states the following;
Raise the flag briskly. Lower it ceremoniously.
Never allow the flag to touch the ground or floor.
Do not fly the flag in bad weather, unless it is an all-weather flag.
The flag can only be flown at night if properly illuminated. Otherwise, it should only be flown from sunrise to sunset.
The flag should always be allowed to fall free.
The flag should never be used to carry, store, or deliver anything.
Never fly the flag upside down except to signal an emergency. When hung over a sidewalk on a rope extending from a building, the stars are always away from the building.
When the flag is hung over a street running east to west, the stars are always toward the north.
When the flag is hung over a street running north to south, the stars are always toward the east.
When a group of flags is being displayed, the U.S. flag should be at the center and at the highest point. The only exception is when the flag of another nation is being flown all national flags should be of the same size and fly at the same height.
The flag can be displayed on all days, but in particular it should be flown on:
New Year’s Day, Inauguration Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Easter Sunday, Mother’s Day, Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Constitution Day, Columbus Day, Navy Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
That’s a lotta rules! Ours just flaps in the air fair weather and foul atop it’s vinidex pole. I have trouble swearing allegience to a flag . . . but I don’t like to see them abused (burned, mistreated etc.) but I’m Ok with pledging allegience to the nation for which it stands. Nice sentiment liberty and justice for all . . . I hope you’re nation is as proud of you big guy!
I fly my flag 24/7 also. It’s a Storm flag.
Happy Flag Day!
Dude, do you learn this stuff verbatim?
In primary school they never saw fit to even teach us Amhran na bFhiann.
Yay! Happy flag day buddy.
It doesn’t say anything about not burning it.
I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t know my national anthem. I know it starts with Síne Fianna Fáil, but that’s it. Dario’s right… they just don’t instill the same pride over here in our young’uns.
Sinne Fianna Fail
Ata faoi gheall in Eirinn
Buion Dar slua
….
Hum the bits in between until the final two lines
…
Faoi lamhach na bpilear,
Seo bheinn canadh Ahmran na COME ON CAVAN!!!
Good craic Dario!!!
Did you know most kids don’t know that PLAY BALL!!! is not the last words to ours!
You’re very patriotic, Brian.
I still have a problem with ‘girt by sea’ in Advance Australia Fair.
Suzan and Nell,
But yous’ guys’ know….and can sing yours’
There are some here that can’t………
that’s sad, in a way
a considered lack
stoved into a……deliberate
time and a generation
and that sucks!
know!!!
what I mean?
I’m not ashamed, as
A song won’t remind me that
I’m proud of my home.
… comments in Haiku form brought to you in association with the letters B and S
Yeh but nobody here knows the second verse! he he
I’m beginning to feel haiku is overrated. They look much prettier in Kenji