4 U.S. Code § 7 - Position and manner of display
The flag, when carried in a
procession with another flag or flags, should be either on the marching
right; that is, the flag’s own right, or, if there is a line of other
flags, in front of the center of that line.
(a)
The flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff, or as provided in subsection (i) of this section.
(b)
The flag should not be draped
over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train
or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be
fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.
(c)
No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States
of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains
at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during
church services for the personnel of the Navy. No person
shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or
international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence
or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place
within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall make unlawful the
continuance of the practice heretofore followed of displaying the flag
of the United Nations in a position of superior prominence or honor, and
other national flags in positions of equal prominence or honor, with
that of the flag of the United States at the headquarters of the United
Nations.
(d)
The flag of the United States
of America, when it is displayed with another flag against a wall from
crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag’s own right, and its
staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
(f)
When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag’s right.
(g)
When flags of two or more
nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the
same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size.
International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above
that of another nation in time of peace.
(h)
When the flag of the United States
is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from
the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag
should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.
When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a
house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted
out, union first, from the building.
(i)
When displayed either
horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost
and to the flag’s own right, that is, to the observer’s left. When
displayed in a window, the flag should be displayed in the same way,
with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
(j)
When the flag is displayed
over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with
the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a
north and south street.
(k)
When used on a speaker’s
platform, the flag, if displayed flat, should be displayed above and
behind the speaker. When displayed from a staff in a church or public
auditorium, the flag of the United States
of America should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance
of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman’s or
speaker’s right as he faces the audience. Any other flag so displayed
should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker or to the right
of the audience.
(l)
The flag should form a
distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument,
but it should never be used as the covering for the statue or monument.
(m) The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff
position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is
lowered for the day. On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff
upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and
the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect
to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or
foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff
according to Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with
recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law. In the event
of the death of a present or former official of the government of any
State, territory, or possession of the United States, the death of a
member of the Armed Forces from any State, territory, or possession who
dies while serving on active duty, or the death of a first responder
working in any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving in
the line of duty, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession
may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff,
and the same authority is provided to the Mayor of the District of
Columbia with respect to present or former officials of the District of
Columbia, members of the Armed Forces from the District of Columbia, and
first responders working in the District of Columbia. When the Governor
of a State, territory, or possession, or the Mayor of the District of
Columbia, issues a proclamation under the preceding sentence that the
National flag be flown at half-staff
in that State, territory, or possession or in the District of Columbia
because of the death of a member of the Armed Forces, the National flag
flown at any Federal installation or facility in the area covered by
that proclamation shall be flown at half-staff consistent with that proclamation. The flag shall be flown at half-staff
30 days from the death of the President or a former President; 10 days
from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a
retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House
of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department,
a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or
possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member
of Congress. The flag shall be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers
Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day. As used in this
subsection—
(1)
the term “half-staff” means the position of the flag when it is one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff;
(2)
the term “executive or military department” means any agency listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5;
(3)
the term “Member of Congress” means a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and
(4)
the term “first responder” means a “public safety officer” as defined in section 10284 of title 34.
(n)
When the flag is used to cover
a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over
the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or
allowed to touch the ground.
(o)
When the flag is suspended
across a corridor or lobby in a building with only one main entrance, it
should be suspended vertically with the union of the flag to the
observer’s left upon entering. If the building has more than one main
entrance, the flag should be suspended vertically near the center of the
corridor or lobby with the union to the north, when entrances are to
the east and west or to the east when entrances are to the north and
south. If there are entrances in more than two directions, the union
should be to the east.
(Added Pub. L. 105–225, § 2(a), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1495; amended Pub. L. 110–41, § 3, June 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 233; Pub. L. 115–123, div. A, § 10102(a), (b), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 64.)
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