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No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag
<br />should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and
<br />organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
<br />• (a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of
<br />dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
<br />• (b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor,
<br />water, or merchandise.
<br />• (c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
<br />• (d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It
<br />should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to
<br />fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the
<br />white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's
<br />desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
<br />• (e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner
<br />as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
<br />• (f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
<br />• (g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached
<br />to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any
<br />nature.
<br />• (h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying,
<br />or delivering anything.
<br />• (i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner
<br />whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or
<br />handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or
<br />boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising
<br />signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
<br />• (j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.
<br />However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel,
<br />firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a
<br />living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin
<br />being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
<br />• (k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for
<br />display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
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<br />§177. Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag
<br />During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the flag is passing in a
<br />parade or in review, all persons present except those in uniform should face the flag and
<br />stand at attention with the right hand over the heart. Those present in uniform should
<br />render the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove their headdress with
<br />their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Aliens
<br />should stand at attention. The salute to the flag in a moving column should be rendered at
<br />the moment the flag passes.
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