American Flag Etiquette

[mirvin]

Hey Rex, I'm waiting for confirmation from Essex502 ( He seems to have some official info) regarding "likeness".
I had always understood that a flag was a flag and everything else wasn't. Like a painting of a flag is not a flag nor is a picture of a flag, etc.
A tattoo of a flag should be cool. I've seen lots of em. Now what would be wrong would be if you took a flag and stapled it to yourself!
M (not an expert) irvin

[RexRathburn]

Thanks for the clarification! Stapling the flag to myself was my first choice, but I didn’t think it would hold up in the Stoker…LOL! I think I'm goin' for the tat.

[Essex502]

Here's the scoop:
(b) The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.

[Essex502]

Furthermore:
(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.

[Essex502]

And....
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
That can be construed as your jeep's bumper, bed, fender or cab.

[mirvin]

Hey Essex502, where are you getting all this. I'd like my own copy please
Mirvin
PS. Are you part of LVHB?

[Essex502]

Heres' a particularly good site:
Flag Etiquette (http://www.libertyflag.com/etiquette.htm)

[mirvin]

Originally posted by Essex502
Heres' a particularly good site:
Flag Etiquette (http://www.libertyflag.com/etiquette.htm)
Thanks Exxex502. That's a great site I'm gonna see if I can figure out the proper placement of the flag on a boat
Mirvin

[Essex502]

Whether it is technically proper or not ... I have seen a kit from Overton's that mounts a small flag on the light pole for the back of a typical boat. Check Overton's current catalog.
Overtons (http://www.overtons.com)
Search on "flag"

[Essex502]

Originally posted by mirvin
PS. Are you part of LVHB?
Yes. One and the same.