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Displaying the United States Flag

By Terrye Conroy

It is customary to display the United States flag on the Fourth of July. We intuitively know that the flag should be treated with respect and that there are rules about such things ?somewhere.  We plan to look them up, particularly when we see one blowing in the wind at night, in the rain, in tatters. This year, I decided to follow through. The rules about when and how to properly display the United States flag are in Title 4, Chapter 1 of the U.S. Code (4 U.S.C. §§ 1-10 (2006).  Happy Independence Day!  (Post-TC)

Full post as published by Cocky Law Blawg on July 03, 2009 (boomark / email).