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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,792 posts)
23. Maybe remind them many Americans consider wearing our flag an abuse of that flag.
Sun Jul 10, 2022, 08:49 AM
Jul 2022
United States Flag Code
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

Summary of the advisory code
The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This is sometimes misreported as a tradition that comes from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII; American team flag bearer Ralph Rose did not follow this protocol, and teammate Martin Sheridan is often, though apocryphally, quoted as proclaiming that "this flag dips before no earthly king."
When a flag is so tattered that it no longer fits to serve as a symbol of the United States, it should be replaced in a dignified manner, preferably by burning. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of the USA, TrailLife USA, the U.S. Military and other organizations regularly conduct dignified flag retirement ceremonies.
The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.[8]
The flag should never touch anything physically beneath it.
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.
The flag should always be permitted to fall freely. (An exception was made during the Apollo moon landings when the flag hung from a vertical pole designed with an extensible horizontal bar, allowing full display even in the absence of an atmosphere.)
The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally.
The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.
The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
The flag should never be upside down, except to signal distress or great danger.
When displayed vertically against a wall, the union should be to the observer’s left.


Thanks for sharing, AKwannabe. You did good........

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Nicely (Bar)Tended wyn borkins Jul 2022 #1
Not exactly... AKwannabe Jul 2022 #3
Not Too Much Information - Perhaps Not Enough wyn borkins Jul 2022 #6
Quick YT link but is also an ad... AKwannabe Jul 2022 #8
Understood - And Thank You So Very Much (n/t) wyn borkins Jul 2022 #30
Did they tip well? Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #2
Yes. nt AKwannabe Jul 2022 #4
I'm shocked. I hope you made a bunch of money off of them. gldstwmn Jul 2022 #41
Sounds like a nightmare! You have my sympathies Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #5
My first inclination would be to throw the drinks in the trDUMPIES faces. magicarpet Jul 2022 #20
Hooo boy! Hopefully what ever else you need to do you'll get a good sleep... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #7
Lol! AKwannabe Jul 2022 #9
Ah.... wow.... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #48
Wow I can't imagine going to work and having to listen to their bullshit. doc03 Jul 2022 #10
You sound like you're in the Resistance there bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #11
No political talk in a bar?? I never got that memo! nt Shermann Jul 2022 #12
It's mostly an unwritten rule here 8n KCMO that you leftyladyfrommo Jul 2022 #13
Being from KC I can attest to this. chowder66 Jul 2022 #16
You never know by looking so we are just really careful leftyladyfrommo Jul 2022 #29
Exactly. chowder66 Jul 2022 #32
Yep AKwannabe Jul 2022 #33
I imagine the conversations are a bit uglier than they were during my years there. chowder66 Jul 2022 #36
My life every day here in Ohio dwayneb Jul 2022 #14
I work in manufacturing and my white rural coworkers are locked Boomerproud Jul 2022 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jul 2022 #43
I question my membership Puppyjive Jul 2022 #15
I BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2022 #24
Mine is mixed AKwannabe Jul 2022 #34
The remarkable disconnect- wearing the red, white and blue while hating America and Americans RAB910 Jul 2022 #17
Red, white and blue are the colors of the Russian flag, too DFW Jul 2022 #19
+1000 MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #44
"Now I know who more of the tRumpers are and will act accordingly." Novara Jul 2022 #18
My thoughts are yours! Lol AKwannabe Jul 2022 #35
We don't do alcohol at our Legion - our guys shoot off their mouths enough with coffee and 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #21
The American Legion itself is Conservative leaning and has been more about conservative JI7 Jul 2022 #22
Im rather new to the Legion. I'll watch for evidence of that. 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #25
My service Puppyjive Jul 2022 #26
My service Puppyjive Jul 2022 #27
Thank for your service (sincerely)! And you are right. We learned many valuable lessons. 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #28
Nice statement. Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #37
Maybe remind them many Americans consider wearing our flag an abuse of that flag. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2022 #23
I would love to shove this in the faces of the "patriots," Boomerproud Jul 2022 #38
AKwannabe upholding the civilized society democracy depends on from behind the bar. Hortensis Jul 2022 #31
It's funny... Blue Owl Jul 2022 #40
you omitted the most important part Skittles Jul 2022 #42
The OP said they did in Reply 4 MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #45
must have them on Ignore Skittles Jul 2022 #46
You really earned your paycheck MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author onethatcares Jul 2022 #49
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