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WELCOME TO CUB SCOUT PACK 123
FORTY FORT,PA.
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The Boy Scouts of America are one of the last places that a young man
will learn about the flag as he is growing up. While it is a great
symbol of freedom that people have fought and died for, flag etiquette
is no longer being taught in our schools and until recently, has been
ignored. The information following is a compilation of data from the
U.S Government, the American Legion, various web sites and the Boy
Scouts of America.
See sites like www.ushistory.org for extensive information on flag history.
Some information courtesy of ushistory.org
Some information courtesy of www.legion.org
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Displaying our Flag Properly
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When
not displaying the flag, the flag must be properly folded as described
below or rolled on to its mast if it is the style to be carried by hand
or used in a stand. Store in an upright position and place a cover
over the entire length of the mast. The flag must never be allowed to
touch the ground. The same rules that apply to the care and display of the Flag of the United States apply to Troop and Pack flags. Never store a flag until it is DRY. |
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The
flag, when flown at half-mast, should be first hoisted to the peak for
an moment and then lowered to the half-mast position. The flag should be
again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. "Half-Mast"
is meant lowering the flag to one-half the distance between the top and
bottom of the flag pole. |
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When
displaying the flag of the United States of America with another flag
against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the viewer left and
its staff should be on top of the staff of the other flag. Both flags
should be at equal height. |
When
the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be
suspended vertically with the star field to the north in an east and
west street or to the east in a north and south street. |
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When
flags of States, cities, or organizations are flown on the same stand
or halyard with the flag of the United States, the flag of the United
States must always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from
adjacent masts, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first
and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag
of the United States or to the right of the flag of the United States. |
When
the flag of the United States is displayed from a mast projecting
horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a
building, the star field of the flag should be placed at the peak of
the staff unless the flag is at half-mast. If it cannot be moved to
half mast, the flag may be flown at the top of the mast but should be
horizontal. In normal times, the flag should be angled towards the sky. |
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When
the flag is suspended over a sidewalk or alleyway from a rope extending
from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk or alleyway, the
flag should be hoisted out, star field leading, from the building. This
is used in a celebration or display of patriotism, but not as a
decoration. |
The flag should form
a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or
monument, but it should never be used as the covering for the statue or
monument. |
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The
flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the
highest point of a group when a number of flags of States or localities
or pennants of organizations are grouped and displayed on masts. The
flag of the United States is always the highest when placed in this type
of arrangement. |
The
flag, when carried in a procession with another flag, or flags, should
be either on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or, if
there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.
When crossing paths with other flags, such as the Scout flag, the flag
of the United States always passes in front in the direction of travel. |
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When
the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the
star field is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag must not
be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. It is
customarily folded in a ceremony and presented to the next of kin as an
honor. |
When
displayed from a mast in a church or auditorium, the flag of the United
States should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of
the audience, and in the position of honor at the speaker's right - as
(s)he faces the audience. If you are the Scout Leader facing your
audience, your flag shoulder patch will be on the same side as the U.S.
Flag. Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the
clergyman or speaker or to the right of the audience. |
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When
the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a
mast, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When
displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the star
field should be uppermost and to the observer's left. When displayed in a
window it should be displayed in the same way, with the star field to
the left of the observer in the street. Never use the flag as a bunting
or drape. Flag decals and stickers may be properly displayed on the inside of motor vehicle side windows. |
When
flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from
separate masts of the same height. The flags should be of approximately
equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one
nation above that of another nation in time of peace. Never fly flags
of different countries on the same mast. |
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How to Fold the U.S. Flag
Properly
folding the flag is one of the basic requirements of the early ranks of
Scouting. It is easy, but takes practice to do it perfectly. Every
flag is cut to a proportional size to allow this to work. This includes
the largest flags at stadiums and Perkins Restaurants or the flags at
your Troops and Packs.
Fold
the flag in half width-wise twice. Fold up a triangle, starting at the
striped end ... and repeat ... until only the end of the union is
exposed. Then fold down the square into a triangle and tuck inside the
folds.
Picture courtesy of ushistory.org
The following are the executive orders and legislation that the above rules and etiquette suggestions are derived from:
Flag Laws and Regulations
By Executive Order, the flag flies 24 hours a day at the following locations:
- The Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- The White House, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
- Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
- Iwo Jima Memorial to U.S. Marines, Arlington, Virginia
- Battleground in Lexington, MA (site of first shots in the Revolutionary War)
- Winter encampment cabins, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
- Fort
McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland (a flag flying over Fort McHenry after a
battle during the War of 1812 provided the inspiration for The Star-Spangled Banner
- The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, Baltimore, Maryland (site where the famed flag over Fort McHenry was sewn)
- Jenny Wade House in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Jenny Wade was the only civilian killed at the battle of Gettysburg)
- U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- All custom points and points of entry into the United States
The
following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the
display and use of the flag of the United States of America be, and it
is hereby, established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups
or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations
promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of
the United States. The flag of the United States for the purpose of this
chapter shall be defined according to title 4, United States Code,
Chapter 1, Section 1 and Section 2 and Executive Order 10834 issued
pursuant thereto.
Sec. 2.
- It
is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset
on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a
patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours
a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
- The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
- The
flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement,
except when an all-weather flag is displayed.
- The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on
- New Year's Day, January 1
- Inauguration Day, January 20
- Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
- Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February
- Easter Sunday (variable)
- Mother's Day, second Sunday in May
- Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May
- Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May
- Flag Day, June 14
- Independence Day, July 4
- Labor Day, first Monday in September
- Constitution Day, September 17
- Columbus Day, second Monday in October
- Navy Day, October 27
- Veterans Day, November 11
- Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November
- Christmas Day, December 25
- and such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States
- the birthdays of States (date of admission)
- and on State holidays.
- The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.
- The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.
- The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.
Sec. 3.
That the flag, when carried in a procession with another
flag or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the
flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the
center of that line.
- The flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff, or as provided in subsection (i).
- The
flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a
vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a
motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to
the right fender.
- No
other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same 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 services for the
personnel of the Navy.
- The
flag of the United States of America, when it is displayed with another
flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the
flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the
other flag.
- The
flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the
highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or
localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from
staffs.
- When
flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are
flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter
should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent
staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and
lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of
the United States or to the United States flag's right.
- When
flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from
separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately
equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one
nation above that of another nation in time of peace.
- When
the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting
horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a
building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the
staff unless the flag is at half-staff. When the flag is suspended over a
sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of
the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the
building.
- 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. When displayed in a window, the flag should be
displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the left of
the observer in the street.
- When
the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be
suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west
street or to the east in a north and south street.
- When
used on a speaker's platform, the flag, if displayed flat, should be
displayed above and behind the speaker. When displayed from a staff in a
church or public auditorium, the flag of the United States of America
should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the
audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's
right as he faces the audience. Any other flag so displayed should be
placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker or to the right of the
audience.
- The
flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a
statue or monument, but it should never be used as the covering for the
statue or monument.
- 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. On
Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only,
then raised to the top of the staff. By order of the President, the
flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of
the United States Government and the Governor of a State, territory or
possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the
death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be
displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or
orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or practices not
inconsistent with law. In the event of the death of a present or former
official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the
United States, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may
proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff. The flag
shall be flown at half-staff thirty days from the death of the President
or a former President; ten days from the day of death of the Vice
President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United
States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of
death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a
Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice
President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on
the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress. As used
in this subsection (1) the term "half-staff" means the position of the
flag when it is one half the distance between the top and bottom of the
staff; (2) the term "executive or military department" means any agency
listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; and
(3) the term "Member of Congress" means a Senator, a Representative, a
Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
- When
the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the
union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be
lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
- When
the flag is suspended across a corridor or lobby in a building with
only one main entrance, it should be suspended vertically with the union
of the flag to the observer's left upon entering. If the building has
more than one main entrance, the flag should be suspended vertically
near the center of the corridor or lobby with the union to the north,
when entrances are to the east and west or to the east when entrances
are to the north and south. If there are entrances in more than two
directions, the union should be to the east.
Sec. 4.
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, except as a signal
of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
- The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
- The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
- 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. Bunting of blue, white and red, always arranged
with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should
be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the
platform, and for decoration in general.
- The
flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a
manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
- The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
- The
flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor
attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design,
picture, or drawing of any nature.
- The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
- The
flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner
whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or
handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper
napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and
discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard
from which the flag is flown.
- No
part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.
However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military
personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations.
The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living
thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on
the left lapel near the heart.
- The
flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting
emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably
by burning.
Sec. 5.
During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when
the flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present
except those in uniform should face the flag and stand at attention with
the right hand over the heart. Those present in uniform should render
the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove their
headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the
hand being over the heart. Aliens should stand at attention. The salute
to the flag in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag
passes.
Sec. 6.
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all
present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the
flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should
remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left
shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should
render the military salute at the first note of the anthem and retain
this position until the last note. When the flag is not displayed, those
present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they
would if the flag were displayed there.
Sec. 7.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, "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," should be rendered by standing at attention facing the
flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should
remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left
shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should
remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.
Sec. 8.
Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of
the United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered,
modified, or repealed, or additional rules with respect thereto may be
prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United
States, whenever he deems it to be appropriate or desirable; and any
such alteration or additional rule shall be set forth in a proclamation.
No
person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other
national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of
superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United
States at any place within the United States or any Territory or
possession thereof; Provided, That nothing in this section shall make
unlawful the continuance of the practice heretofore followed of
displaying the flag of the United Nations in a position of superior
prominence or honor, and other national flags in positions of equal
prominence or honor, with that of the flag of the United States at the
headquarters of the United Nations.
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