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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 435-JUNE 22, 1942 379 (g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to Flags of two or more 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 Displayed from pro- projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, ecingstaf 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 Suspension over 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 the flag is displayed otherwise than by being flown Withoutstaff. from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. 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; that is, 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 Suspension over 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 On a speaker's plat- flat, should be displayed above and behind the speaker. When dis- In a church or played from a staff in a church or public auditorium, if it is displayed public auditorium. in the chancel of a church, or on the speaker's platform in a public auditorium, the flag should occupy the position of honor and be placed at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he faces the congregation or audience. Any other flag so displayed in the chancel or on the plat- form should be placed at the clergyman's or speaker's left as he faces the congregation or audience. But when the flag is displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium elsewhere than in the chancel or on the platform it shall be placed in the position of honor at the right of the congregation or audience as they face the chancel or platform. Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the congregation or audience as they face the chancel or platform. (1) The flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of Unveiling of statue 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 "alfstaff. 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. By "half staff" is meant hauling the flag to one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff. Crepe streamers Crepe streamers. may be affixed to spear heads or flagstaffs in a parade only by order of the President of the United States. (n) When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed cvering a ket 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. SEC. 4 . That no disrespect should be shown to the flag of the Dresc on use. United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institu- tional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor. (a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down save Distress sinal. as a signal of dire distress. (b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

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