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#15
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Location: Central PA
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Gals, I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but am wondering if our flag is appropriate for the Linus Project. Aren't these quilts given to small children who will drag them about? I am not sure a small child will appreciate or care for our flag.
Is there another situation wherein this flag repairs can be made and then displayed for what it represents and kept from harms way?
Is there another situation wherein this flag repairs can be made and then displayed for what it represents and kept from harms way?
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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I have extracted parts of the "U.S. Flag Code" below.
This code is the guide for all handling and display of the Stars and Stripes. It does not impose penalties for misuse of the United States Flag. That is left to the states and to the federal government for the District of Columbia. Each state has its own flag law.
§176. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
For more information, go to: www.usflag.org/uscode36.html
I don't think this is an appropriate quilt (if used for bedding) for Linus or any other project. Perhaps using it for display would be a more appropriate use for this quilt.
#18
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SW TN
Posts: 592
I have extracted parts of the "U.S. Flag Code" below.
This code is the guide for all handling and display of the Stars and Stripes. It does not impose penalties for misuse of the United States Flag. That is left to the states and to the federal government for the District of Columbia. Each state has its own flag law.
§176. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
For more information, go to: www.usflag.org/uscode36.html
I don't think this is an appropriate quilt (if used for bedding) for Linus or any other project. Perhaps using it for display would be a more appropriate use for this quilt.
This code is the guide for all handling and display of the Stars and Stripes. It does not impose penalties for misuse of the United States Flag. That is left to the states and to the federal government for the District of Columbia. Each state has its own flag law.
§176. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
For more information, go to: www.usflag.org/uscode36.html
I don't think this is an appropriate quilt (if used for bedding) for Linus or any other project. Perhaps using it for display would be a more appropriate use for this quilt.
American flag should not be used for bedding (i.e. blanket).
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Englewood, CO
Posts: 531
Suz, good point.
There are rules regarding the handling of our national flag. One of them being it is not supposed to touch the ground. If one does, it is to be destroyed.
As former military and a patriot, I dont like the idea of it being drug all over the floor, wadded up and drooled on.
There are rules regarding the handling of our national flag. One of them being it is not supposed to touch the ground. If one does, it is to be destroyed.
As former military and a patriot, I dont like the idea of it being drug all over the floor, wadded up and drooled on.
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