{"id":1420,"date":"2012-07-27T14:55:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T19:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hammerheadcombatsystems.org\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2012-07-27T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T19:55:49","slug":"dipping-the-flag-and-other-flag-etiquette-taboos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/27\/dipping-the-flag-and-other-flag-etiquette-taboos\/","title":{"rendered":"Dipping the Flag and other Flag Etiquette Taboo&#8217;s."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/flag1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1424\" title=\"flag1\" src=\"http:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/flag1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/toddstarnes\/top-stories\/will-u-s-dip-american-flag-at-olympic-ceremony.html\">http:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/toddstarnes\/top-stories\/will-u-s-dip-american-flag-at-olympic-ceremony.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I saw this story, I have to be honest&#8230;it did not surprise me, not because of the current administration and their total disregard of American values and their campaign to castrate American Greatness but because most everywhere I go, I see gross violations of flag etiquette and code. Some may be out of ignorance, but most I feel are out of pure laziness. As a veteran, I feel very strongly in how the flag is treated, so I feel it is my duty to give a quick refresher in basic flag etiquette and code.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usflag.org\/uscode36.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>US Flag Code<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The biggest infractions I see locally are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not taking the flag down during inclement weather (Code 174c), most people believe that it does not matter if you are using an &#8220;All Weather Flag&#8221;, but this is not true. The Flag, should be regarded as a living object and respected regardless of its construction. &#8220;Inclement Weather&#8221; not only includes rain, but also high winds, which can rip a flag to shreds. Use common sense: if a storm is blowing in, take the flag down ASAP.<\/li>\n<li>Not replacing a flag that has been damaged (176K) This one really irks me. Continuing to display a flag that has been damaged is PURE LAZINESS. If a flag has been ripped, stained or faded, it first needs to be properly disposed of by burning and then replaced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Bottom Line: If you are going to fly a flag, learn the rules, otherwise, don&#8217;t bother.<\/em> Too many men, better than you and me shed blood for it..it deserves respect. And a final word to the American Athletic Olympic Delegation and the US Olympic Committee: If you allow the US flag to be tipped to ANY person or THING, you should be fired and brought up on federal charges for violation of the US Flag Code.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Dangerous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; http:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/toddstarnes\/top-stories\/will-u-s-dip-american-flag-at-olympic-ceremony.html When I saw this story, I have to be honest&#8230;it did not surprise me, not because of the current administration and their total disregard of American values and their campaign to castrate American Greatness but because most everywhere I go, I see gross violations of flag etiquette and code. Some may be out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[74],"tags":[307,308,309,310],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}