Don’t forget: June 14 is Flag Day
Celebrate our flag—and honor the Republic for which it stands—by displaying your flag on June 14.
It can be displayed indoors at any time, and outdoors from sunrise to sunset. Remember, there are easy-to-remember rules for displaying a flag:
1) The field of stars is always in the upper left corner from the perspective of the viewer—whether the flag hangs horizontally or vertically.
2) When displayed with other flags, on a dais or a platform, the Stars and Stripes are always in the place of honor—on the audience’s left, the speaker’s right. Other flags (NC, Buncombe County, a church or school) are on the other side of the dais.
3) When on a flagpole, the U.S. flag is always at the top; state, local, service academy, or other flags hang beneath.
4) In a group of flagpoles with non-national flags, the American flag is always prominent by position (center) and/or height (taller than other flagpoles). With other nations’ flags, all must be displayed equally.
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The stars and stripes design of the American flag was adopted on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. After the Revolutionary War, the flag added both stars and stripes as new states joined, but in xxx the law was passed to keep the number of stripes at 13, representing the original colonies, and add stars only for each new state. The last time the design was changed was in 1959, when both Alaska and Hawaii joined the union.
June 14 was established as Flag Day in May 1916 by a proclamation from President Woodrow Wilson; in 1949, the day was reaffirmed by an Act of Congress.
