Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.

 

 

The United States flag should always be treated with respect. It should never come in contact with the ground. It can be flown daily, regardless of weather conditions. It is usually flown from dawn until dusk.

 

The flag can be carried on a staff with no other flag above it. If it is carried in a parade, it is flown either higher and in front of other flags or in the right hand column. If there is no flag to its left, a member of the honor guard should march on the left.

 

If it is displayed with flags on poles of different heights, it must be flown high than the other flags.

 

When it is displayed next to a speaker, it is always on the speaker’s right.

 

If it is displayed against a wall, the blue field should be in the upper right hand corner.

 

When flown over a street, the blue field should be to the north on an east-west street, or to the east on a north-south street.

 

To hoist the flag, one scout should attach it to the halyard, and another scout should raise it quickly. When it clears the arms of the person who attached it, that person should step back and salute.

To lower the flag one scout should lower it slowly, while the other salutes. When it is in reach, the scout who was saluting should release it from the halyard. The flag is then folded in half lengthwise and then in half lengthwise again, with the blue field to the outside. While on scout holds the end with the blue field, the other makes triangular folds until there is only the blue field showing.

 

If there is more than one flag being flown, the United States flag should be raised first, and lowered last.

 

During times of National disaster or mourning, the flag may be flown at half-staff. To do this, the flag is raised briskly to the top, and after a brief pause, lower to half-staff. At dusk, the flag is raised to the top, and after a brief pause, lowered to the bottom.

 

The flag is never flown upside-down, unless it is used as a distress signal.