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NOTE: This is bad info. Reading comprehension fail on my part, but I'll leave it up for a laugh.

Did you know the standard depiction of the flag is incorrect? The field of stars should always face to the flags own right.

Incorrect:

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Correct:

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The union is supposed to lead.

I'm actually finding conflicting information now that I am really digging around. The original I found, on a .org site, said that when suspended vertically from a bridge over a road traveling east/west, the union should be in the top, and on the northern most side. I guess that would make it face two ways depending on which way you're traveling if it isn't against a solid object?

Well ignore the first pictures... It's the FLAG's own right. I suck at mirrors, too.

Although, now I'm thoroughly confused.
 
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I always thought it was stars in the top left. But then I'm not american.

We British solved this problem by having a flag that is pretty much the same from all angles. Even the Union Jack can be hung however you like :p
 
HK said:
I always thought it was stars in the top left. But then I'm not american.

We British solved this problem by having a flag that is pretty much the same from all angles. Even the Union Jack can be hung however you like :p
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Ah, you think that, but look closer. ;)

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Notice the red stripes on the white diagonals, examine how they are not central to the diagonal line and would change position if hung upside down.

During colonial times, (after the inclusion of Ireland into the union and thus the Irish Cross) forts used to fly the flag upside down to signal danger as a way that would alert fellow Brit's, but the enemy wouldn't notice.
 
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Zorak said:
Ah, you think that, but look closer. ;)

union_jack.png

Notice the red stripes on the white diagonals, examine how they are not central to the diagonal line and would change position if hung upside down.

During colonial times, (after the inclusion of Ireland into the union and thus the Irish Cross) forts used to fly the flag upside down to signal danger as a way that would alert fellow Brit's, but the enemy wouldn't notice.
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That's cool. I never noticed that!
 
Sorry Janie, did it at work and was having issues with it. Old computer system... eek. I'll see what I can do.

It does change when it's flown on a flag pole, but if you pin it to a wall, or set it in a stand indoors, it would matter.

I did find a lot of rules, though. Some I knew (don't wear the flag, write on it, or put it on the ground) and some I didn't (like the flag should never be held parallel to the ground, like during the Super Bowl).
 
HottyToddyChick said:
Sorry Janie, did it at work and was having issues with it. Old computer system... eek. I'll see what I can do.

It does change when it's flown on a flag pole, but if you pin it to a wall, or set it in a stand indoors, it would matter.

I did find a lot of rules, though. Some I knew (don't wear the flag, write on it, or put it on the ground) and some I didn't (like the flag should never be held parallel to the ground, like during the Super Bowl).
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this should go for everyone that wears flag adorned apparel aswell....
 
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