a manner as will permit it to be easily soiled or damaged.

Salute

to the Flag.

Pledge

to the

Flag.

PROPER USE OF BUNTING

Bunting of blue, white, and red should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping over the front of a platform and for decoration in general. Bunting should be arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below.

During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the Flag or when the Flag is passing in a parade or in a review, all persons present should face the Flag, stand at attention, and salute. Those present in uniform should render the right hand salute. When not in uniform, men should remove the headdress with the right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Women should salute by placing the right hand over the heart. The salute to the Flag in a moving column is rendered at the moment the Flag passes.

In pledging allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, the approved practice in schools, which is suitable also for civilian adults, is as follows:

Standing with the right hand over the heart, all repeat together the following pledge:

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it

stands; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

At the words "to the Flag" the right hand is extended, palm upward, toward the Flag, and this position is held until the end, when the hand, after the words "justice for all," drops to the side.

However, civilian adults will always show full respect to the Flag when the pledge is being given by merely standing at attention, men removing the headdress. Persons in uniform should render the right hand salute.

When the national anthem is played and the Flag Salute to is not displayed, all present should stand and face National toward the music. Those in uniform should salute Anthem. at the first note of the anthem, retaining this position until the last note. All others should stand at attention, men removing the headdress. When the Flag is displayed, the regular "salute to the Flag" should be given.

"The Star Spangled Banner" is recommended for universal recognition as the national anthem.

The shield of the United States of America has The thirteen vertical stripes-seven white and six red— Shield. with a blue chief without stars.

Laws.

There is but one Federal statute which protects Federal the Flag throughout the country from desecration. Flag This law provides that a trademark cannot be registered which consists of or comprises, among other

things, "the Flag, coat of arms, or other insignia of the United States or any simulation thereof" (33 Stat. L., p. 725, February 20, 1905). Congress has also enacted legislation providing certain penalties for the desecration, mutilation, or improper use of the Flag in the District of Columbia (39 Stat. L., p. 900, February 8, 1917).

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