Our Sheriff's Department is the only one around here that has the flag facing "backwards" (that's according to everybody else). It was always said that the reason it's like that is b/c it's the way the flag is supposed to hang on a flagpole.
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I know exactly where one should start blowin'. Just sayin' if you know what I mean.No. No . No. It's 'where' to blow.... things up.
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If that's what you mean, in my search of an image, I discovered that it dates back to the cavalry carrying flags on posts into battle and the field of stars led the way. And it's supposed to look like the flag is blowing in the wind when the person walks... I don't know about all that.
Isn't there strict protocol for disposing of a flag too? If it's old and worn out you can't just throw it away. I think you have to bury it? :unsure:
Yep, that's it...and I was told that whole "blowing in the wind" thing, but in my head I always thought "ummm, but wouldn't that depend on which way the wind is blowing???"
Burning is the preferred method of disposal if I remember correctly.
You cut the stars away from the stripes and then burn it during a Flag Burning Ceremony. We did that loads growing up. My father didn't fly a flag that wasn't in pristine condition.
I can't count how many times I was home alone and we got storms with hail and I had to run out and get the flag, without dropping it on the ground, and wrestling with the wind. Ah, memories.
I think the person's movement is the wind? I dunno. It looks goofy, IMO.
Burning? That's interesting. I wonder where I heard that you had to bury it. I thought maybe that was for the Canadian flag but I looked it up and proper disposal for ours is burning as well. I always thought burning a flag was disrespectful but I guess a lot of that has to do with intention.
Ahhhhhh...now THAT makes sense to me.
Yea just lighting a flag on fire is disrespectful. It should be burned during a ceremony.
Who fucking cares? As a UK citizen, I agree with this and I can get away with this without being accused of being a racist.:thumbup
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If that's what you mean, in my search of an image, I discovered that it dates back to the cavalry carrying flags on posts into battle and the field of stars led the way. And it's supposed to look like the flag is blowing in the wind when the person walks... I don't know about all that.
This is correct. It signifies that America is always moving forward. I was the board recorder for my units promotion boards, military symbolism questions were quite frequent, that was one of them.
Are the stars consider the "head" of the flag? Everything I read keeps saying they go at the top or further from a building if at an angle.
I have never heard the term "head" in the military, well, when referring to flags anyways. Here's a good diagram though.
Correct way on pole.
Flag rules are confusing, no? Just wait to you start getting into the parts where it is positioned when other flags are present for a speaker at a podium etc etc...
Correct way on pole.
Flag rules are confusing, no? Just wait to you start getting into the parts where it is positioned when other flags are present for a speaker at a podium etc etc...
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Ooh, I learned some today! I know if the flags make a left, the American flag goes on its right, meaning our left, and it's pole crossed in front of the the other one. Not that I think I'll have any use for that tidbit, but it's there.
And I "" head because I knew it wasn't quite the right word...
Not that I think I'll have any use for that tidbit, but it's there.And I "" head because I knew it wasn't quite the right word...