When and How to Display the . Flag
•Raise the flag briskly. Lower it ceremoniously.
•Never allow the flag to touch the ground or floor.
•Do not fly the flag in bad weather, unless it is an all-weather flag.
•The flag can only be flown at night if properly illuminated. Otherwise, it should only be flown from sunrise to sunset.
•The flag should always be allowed to fall free.
•The flag should never be used to carry, store, or deliver anything.
•Never fly the flag upside down except to signal an emergency.
Ceremonial
•When hung over a sidewalk on a rope extending from a building, the stars are always away from the building.
the same size and fly at the same height.
•When covering a casket, the stars should be at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should never touch the ground or be lowered into the grave.
Inside
•When on a speaker's podium, the flag should be either above and behind the speaker, or to the speaker's right as he faces the audience.
Government
•The flag should be flown daily at the main administration building of public institutions.
•Polling places should display a flag on election days.
•School buildings should display a flag when school is in session.
•Flags should fly at half-staff on the deaths of certain government officials.
Parades
•When the flag is carried in procession with other flags, it should be either on the right of the line of flags, or in front of the center of the line.
•On floats, the flag should be displayed on a staff.
•The flag should not be draped over a car, train, or boat. When displayed with a car, the flag's staff should be attached to the right fender, or the chassis.
•The flag should be held upright and should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental, state, or organizational flags may be dipped.
Decorative
•The flag should not be used to cover a statue or monument.
•The flag should not be used to cover a ceiling.
•Advertising banners should not be hung from the same staff as a flag.
•The flag should not appear on napkins, boxes, or other disposable items, nor should it be embroidered on cushions, handkerchiefs, or similar objects.
Flag Maintenance
•The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
•Care should be taken not to let the flag get torn, dirty, or damaged.
•The flag should never have placed upon it, nor attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing.