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Re: Upcoming weekend

To: Ajhsys@aol.com, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Upcoming weekend
From: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 19:57:26 -0400
Allen

I am well aware of the proper procedure - on raising to full mast and slowly
lowering it to half staff. My wording in my original post could have been a
little better.

I usually ignore ANYTHING said by Ed!

Rick

Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/25/00 10:10:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> JustBrits@aol.com writes:
>
> << Apparently NOT you!!  "Flag etiquette"??  You have "none"!!!!
>
>  Respect and etiquette for the Flag of The United States of America (and any
>  others I can think of) IS:
>
>  "Raise to full staff and dip to half-mast as determined by event requiring
>  recognition". (as best as this OF can remember from the Blue Jackets'
> Manual).
>
>  To the best of my knowledge you ARE correct on the re-raise "...at noon...".
> >>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Ed is correct in stating that the flag is raised (briskly), first to full
> height, then lowered (slowly) to half staff.  At noon on Memorial Day it is
> raised (again, briskly) to full height.
>
> US Flag Code:  "(m) The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first
> hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff
> position. The flag should again be raised to the peak before it is lowered
> for the day.
> On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only,
> then raised to the top of the staff."
>
> Ed was a bit harsh in suggesting that Rick had no flag etiquette.  At least
> he knew it should be half staff, and HE HAS A FLAG TO RAISE!!  Check your
> area on Monday morning and see how many flags are at half staff, and later
> how many that were, are raised to full height.  I bet less than 10% of the
> flags are correct.
>
> If anyone wants the entire United States Flag Code, let me know and I'll
> e-mail it.  It is only a 11Kb .txt file.
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport


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