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DetroitLegalBeagle

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14. Its standard now.

Reply to TEB (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:34 AM

Jul 2020

Don't know when it was added to the regs but all flags face stars forward. It's supposed to look as if your carrying the flag as you were charging into battle. It going the other way looks like retreat.

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