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Carrying the American Flag With Non-national Flags
Carrying the American Flag in Procession With Other National Flags
Hanging an American Flag From a Staff or Horizontally
Hanging an American Flag With Another Flag Against Walls From Crossed Staffs
Not Dipping the American Flag
Not Advertising Using the American Flag
Not Marking the American Flag
Not Using the American Flag as Decoration
Not Using the American Flag as Carrying Device
Cleaning & Mending the American Flag
Carrying the American Flag
American Flag in Procession With Other Flags
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Summary: Flag etiquette and the rules of our nation's flag are something that every American should be familiar with. Carry the American Flag with non-national flags with tips from this free culture and society video.
Captain Joe Bruni has over three decades of experience as a street firefighter and company officer. Bruni has experience as a department training officer in the fire and rescue safety...read more
"You're a grand old flag. You're a high-flying flag. And forever in peace may you wave." Americans have traditionally taken great pride in the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the American flag. Children are taught about the history, development and meaning of the flag. The flag is displayed over schools, businesses and government buildings. It is saluted, sung before and reverenced. The American flag symbolizes the values of the United States and is an object that reminds Americans of why they feel patriotic about their country. There are certain rules and etiquette for handling the American flag. In this free culture and society video series, get instructions about how to properly handle the American flag. Get tips on carrying the American flag with non-national flags and with flags from other nations. Learn how to hang an American flag against a wall with another flag. Discover the prohibitions regarding certain ways of handling the flag, such as dipping, marking and using as decoration. Find out how to clean and mend the flag.
"Flag etiquette and the rules of our nation's flag are something that every American should be familiar with. Hi, I'm Captain Joe Bruni, with over three decades of fire fighting and EMS experience. What I'm going to talk about is carrying the American flag in a procession with other non-national flags. The American flag should be carried on a staff, in the center of the procession of the other non-national flags, and that American flag should be held at a higher position than the other non-national flags, with the staff completely straight up and down. As the procession moves along it'll be obvious that the American flag is the highest flag in the center of the procession of other non-national flags. American flag etiquette and the rules of our nation flag nation's flag will help every American involved with displaying or carrying our nation's flag to adhere to the rules and the etiquette of "Old Glory", our nation's flag. I'm Captain Joe Bruni. Stay safe; we'll see you next time."
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