FYI: Proper flag uses per Public Law 93-344

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun Sep 23 18:48:41 2001

> If you live in Wisconsin - it was done by them. I'd rather they did this
> than to be out golfing on tax dollars though.

I went to a public school in Wisconsin. We were taught how to display
the flag in grade school (in the 70s). IMHO, anyone patriotic enough to
display the flag should be patriotic enough to take it down at night, to
keep it out of the rain, and to wrap it properly when it is disposed of.
It's not going to be a symbol that commands respect if US citizens don't
treat it with respect. Nobody here younger than 70 seems to be aware that
there are any guidelines at all.

If the Wisconsin DVA wants to let people know how it's done, that's fine
by me.

Eric

> -> On September 23, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> -> > Just for those who aren't aware of the proper uses and display
> -> of the US
> -> > flag in this moment of everyone just having to display it
> -> lately, here's a
> -> > well done resource for reference. This is a guideline made
> -> from US Public
> -> > Law 93-344 and done in a layman's format so it's easy to grasp
> -> and use. It
> -> > might even be a good idea for local newspapers to print a
> -> variation of this
> -> > once to inform people that don't know that they may be "doing
> -> it wrong"
> -> >
> -> > http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/flaguse.html
> ->
> -> For those who think our government isn't overstaffed and overflowing
> -> with people who have too much free time on their hands...this should
> -> erase all doubt once and for all.
> ->
> -> -Dave
> ->
> -> --
> -> Dave McGuire
> -> Laurel, MD
> ->
>
Received on Sun Sep 23 2001 - 18:48:41 BST

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