| "It is universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, the flag may be displayed at night upen special occassions when it is desired to produce a patriotic effect. "The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. "No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the sam level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church servies for the personnel of the Navy. "The flag, when flown at half-staff, 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. By "half-staff" is meant lowering the flad to one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff. "That 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 are to be dipped as a mark of honor. "The flag should never be displayed with the union down save as a signal of dire distress. "The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor or water. "The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free. "When a U.S. flag has become discolored, frayed or torn so that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display Flag Etiquette prescribes that it 'should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.'" |