PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
1. 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.
2. 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 [that means the viewer's
left --Webmaster], and its staff should be in front of the staff of
the other flag.
3. 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 flag to
one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff. Crepe
streamers may be affixed to spear heads or flagstaffs in a parade only
by order of the President of the United States.
4. 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 right of
the flag of the United States (the viewer's left). When the flag is
half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the US flag at the
mid-point and the other flag below.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. When the flag is displayed in a manner
other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed flat,
whether indoors or out. 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 it
should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue
field to the left of the observer in the street. When festoons, rosettes
or drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white and red should be used,
but never the flag.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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. The order of precedence for flags generally is National flags
(US first, then others in alphabetical order in English), State (host
state first, then others in the order of admission) and territories
(Washington DC, Puerto Rico, etc.), Military (in order of establishment:
Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard), then other. Read more.
12. When displayed from a staff in a
church or public auditorium on or off a podium, 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 (to
the right of the audience). Please note that the old guidelines differed
from this updated and simplified one.
13. When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff
shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.
14. When hung in a window, place the blue union in
the upper left, as viewed from the street.