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Military bases, national cemetaries, memorials, all have flag POLES in the ground, not pretty little banner holders nailed to a rotting porch.
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As I said above, these places:
1.) Don't have to worry about their flagpoles having an effect on their neighbor's property values.
2.) Have the manpower and budget to repair/replace the flagpole when it starts looking funky.
And are you really saying people who hang the flag from their porches are doing it wrong? Tell me you didn't just go there.
http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html#173
UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 36
CHAPTER 10
§173. Display and use of flag by civilians; codification of rules and customs; definition
The following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America is established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States. The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to sections 1 and 2 of title 4 and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.
So civillians are exempt from having to display the flag from a flagpole.
Public institutions, however, are required to have flagpoles.
§174. Time and occasions for display
- (e) Display on or near administration building of public institutions The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.
These places are public institutions, and falling under Title 36 ch. 10 §174 subsection E they are required to have flagpoles. As I said above, the US flag code permits civillians to display the flag in other ways than hoisting it up a flagpole.Originally Posted by Type R
Its not that kids aren't learning enough about the flag in the schools, its that the damn schools are failing at teaching the kids how to read.
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