Excerpts from The Flag Code
Title 4, United States Code, Chapter 1
§ 6. Time and occasions for display
(a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
§ 7. Position and manner of display
(c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy.
(e) The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.
(f) When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag’s right.
§ 8. Respect for flag
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
Flag Size and Flagpole Standards | |||
Home Use | Public Display (not home-use) | ||
Flagpole | Flag | Flagpole | Flag |
Flag Size and Flagpole Standards | |||
Home Use | Public Display (not home-use) | ||
Flagpole | Flag | Flagpole | Flag |
15' | 3'x5' | 20' | 4' x 6' |
20' | 3'x5' | 25' | 5' x 8' |
25' | 4'x6' | 30' - 35' | 6' x 10' |
40' - 45' | 6' x 10' - 8' x 12' | ||
50' | 8' x 12' - 10' x 15' | ||
60' - 65' | 10' x 15' - 10' x 19' | ||
70' - 80' | 10' x 19' - 12' x 18' | ||
90' - 100' | 20' x 38' - 30' x 50' | ||
(Ord. 2017-05-635, passed 5-2-17)