Today, June 14, is Flag Day, the 233rd anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. June 14 has been celebrated as Flag Day since the late 1800s, but it wasn’t official until 1949 when President Harry S. Truman signed an Act of Congress making June 14 National Flag Day.
So fly the colors proudly and with respect, following these regulations:
1. Display the flag from sunrise to sunset. It may be flown 24 hours a day if illuminated at night.
2. The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
3. The flag should not be displayed in inclement weather unless it is an all-weather flag.
4. When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from a balcony or building, the union, or blue field, should be at the peak of the staff.
5. When flown at half-staff, the flag should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
6. The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal.
7. When displayed, the flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor or water.
8. When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
9. The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used or stored where it could be easily torn, soiled or damaged in any way.
10. When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.
For more information on proper display of the flag, go to www.usflag.org.
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