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Settle this bet for me (flag related)
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I say that on Memorial Day You fly the flag at half mast untill noon.
My neighbor says you fly it half mast all day.
Who is right?
My neighbor says you fly it half mast all day.
Who is right?
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http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfb_disp4.html
Displaying the flag at half staff on MEMORIAL DAY
On Memorial Day the flag is flown at half-staff only until NOON. The proper sequence for displaying the flag on this holiday we have set aside to remember the more than one million men and women who have died in defense of our Nation is:
In the morning the flag should be attached to the halyard and raised briskly to the top of the flag pole, then slowly lowered to the mid-way point of the pole.
At noon the flag should be raised to the top of the flag pole.
At the end of the day the flag should be slowly and ceremoniously lowered and removed.
Displaying the flag at half staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day ? 175 m
In 1962 the date of May 15th was designated as Peace Officer's Memorial Day, "in honor of the Federal, State, and municipal officers who have been killed or disabled in the line of duty. On this day the flag should be flown at half-staff for the full day, unless May 15th happens to ALSO be the third Saturday in May...ARMED FORCES DAY. In the rare occurrences when both holidays fall on the same date, the flag should be flown at the peak.
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html
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