●DisplayManners
&heflagisdisplayedihanbybeingflownfromastaff,whetherindoorsorout,itshouldbedisplayedflat。(FigureA。USA’sflagashost。Thesameasbelow)
◇Whenflagsofcities,states,orlocalities,orpennantsofsocietiesareflownonthesamehalyardwiththenationalflag,thelattershouldaleak。Whentheflagsareflownfromadjatstaffs,thenationalflagshouldbehoistedfirsta。Nosuchflagorpennantbeplacedabovethenationalflagorthtofthenationalflag(theviewer’sleft)。Whentheflagishalf-masted,bothflagsarehalf-masted,withthenationalflagatthemid-poiherflagbelow。(FigureB)
◇Theflagishoistedtohalfofthepoteheflagpoletoindicategriefandm。Theflag,whenflownathalf-staff(“Half-staff”meaheflagtoohedistaopandbottomofthestaff),shouldbefirsthoistedtothepeakforaninstantandthehehalf-staffposition。Theflagshouldbeagaihepeakbeforeitisloweredfortheday。
&ionalflag,whenaprowithan,s,shouldbeeitherht;thatis,theflag’sht,or,ifthereisaliherflags,infroerofthatline。(FigureC)
&ionalflagshouldbeatthedatthehighestpointofagroupofflags,whenanumberofflagsofStatesorlocalitiesorpennantsofsocietiesaregroupedanddisplayedfromstaffs。(FigureD)
&ionalflagisdisplayedwithanainstawallfromcrossedstaffs,shouldbeontheflag’sht(theviewer’sleft),anditsstaffshouldbeinfroaffofthe。(FigureE)
◇Whenflagsoftwoormorenationsaredisplayed,theyaretobeflowaffsofthesameheight。Theflagsshouldbeofapproximatelyequalsize。Iionalusageforbidsthedisplayoftheflagofoioofaionintimeofpeace。Theorderofprecefsusuallyisnationalflags(yournation’sflagfirst,thenothersiicallish),thenureF)
◇Whendisplayedfromastaffinapublionoroffapodium,theflagofyournationshouldholdthepositionofsuperiorprominenfrontoftheaudienthepositionofhonoratthespeaker’srightasheshefacestheaudieherflagshouldbeplatheleftofthespeaker(thtoftheaudience)。(FigureG)
&heflagisdisplayedonacar,thestaffshallbefixedfirmlytothechassisorfastefender。