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18. Thanks for the link. I also found this...

Thu Dec 5, 2019, 11:49 AM

Dec 2019

https://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm

§8. Respect for flag

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d. 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.

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Starched flags? Pinned flags? Draped over hidden forms? [View all] NurseJackie Dec 2019 OP

I was wondering if they were for a staged backdrop MontanaMama Dec 2019 #1

It's an evil 😈 secular plot to block the Christmas tree 🎄 in the background! 😂 TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #45

LOL😆 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #52

Yes, they look like shit. pwb Dec 2019 #2

Maybe they are framing them to help deter this behavior Siwsan Dec 2019 #3

Yikes! What kind of jackass humps the American flag? fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #4

A disingenuous, ruthlessly unpatriotic rat bastard cult leader comes to mind. Siwsan Dec 2019 #6

That's Trump's O-face. Luckily, his peen is so small that the flag couldn't feel his chubby. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #48

LOL! I'm dying! fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #49

That creepy, moronic flag-humping act is the capper. VOX Dec 2019 #39

They are not the real flag. They have gold edges. secondwind Dec 2019 #5

Flags with gold fringe aren't real flags? nt. Mariana Dec 2019 #10

Sounds like that 'sovereign citizen' bullshit. Aristus Dec 2019 #12

yes - it is sovereign citizen bullshit DBoon Dec 2019 #26

The fringe is for admiralty jurisdiction treestar Dec 2019 #53

WRONG. onenote Dec 2019 #19

Courts use them for a decorative reason because they think treestar Dec 2019 #54

This is not at all uncommon bottomofthehill Dec 2019 #7

I wasn't arguing that the flags themselves were "out of place" in this setting. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #9

It's an ugly display, for certain. nt. Mariana Dec 2019 #50

Agreed... I guess I'm just old fashioned. Flags on poles look best... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #51

Most flags are nylon and are no longer cotton, it has changed their look bottomofthehill Dec 2019 #56

Some of the flag-selling websites offer them in polyester or nylon... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #57

Agreed. TwilightZone Dec 2019 #11

Seems less like worry, and more like simply curiosity. LanternWaste Dec 2019 #31

Synthetic fabrics drape well, and don't move. marble falls Dec 2019 #8

Shouldn't we be more worried about Madame Speaker wearing white after Labor Day? Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #13

LOL! (Thankfully she's wearing black shoes!) NurseJackie Dec 2019 #14

I would think so! 2naSalit Dec 2019 #20

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I did try to look it up. Nothing but confusion. Are you proposing an explanation? Because... LAS14 Dec 2019 #23

The fringe means nothing, guys. Jirel Dec 2019 #17

Thanks for the link. I also found this... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #18

It looks to me like there's bars underneath, angled down on either side from the top of the pole mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #27

That's an interesting observation. It certainly makes sense if that's the case. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #28

Basically I'm just backing your 'hidden forms' idea ... pretty sure that's the only way that look mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #29

Thanks. My Google search turned up nothing but contradictions. In this case, though, LAS14 Dec 2019 #24

I watched a short 2naSalit Dec 2019 #21

Ah... interesting. Thanks for the info! I suspected it had to be some sort of underwire device. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #22

Yeah, it has to be something like that 2naSalit Dec 2019 #25

I wondered if the edges had fine wire sewn in to shape them. Ilsa Dec 2019 #30

Kinda like the flag that was used on the lunar landing sites? NurseJackie Dec 2019 #33

It would look better if it were allowed to flap in the breeze. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2019 #46

... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #47

It's probably a combination of the Bettie Dec 2019 #32

Stepping away from the flag question for a moment...isn't this a AWESOME pic ? CincyDem Dec 2019 #34

I like it too. It's not quite as exciting as this one... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #35

Totally !!!! But only one of them will likely be in the history books. lolol CincyDem Dec 2019 #37

Flag Spreader... Historic NY Dec 2019 #36

WINNER!! You win the thread!! Thank you! NurseJackie Dec 2019 #38

That link leads back to this thread... pnwest Dec 2019 #40

Yes... it should go down to post #36 ... NurseJackie Dec 2019 #41

It is kinda weird, but just part of the show I reckon. cwydro Dec 2019 #42

I'm nearly there... I wish I looked that good ten years ago. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #43

Lol! cwydro Dec 2019 #44

So, for ceremonies in the Navy, we called it "piping" maxrandb Dec 2019 #55