The Black Republican

Answer: No other flag or pennant should be placed above, or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy. No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof.

You're no fun, Steve. We should have let one of the readers answer.

As patriotic as I may be, I've never known the official rules of my flag. I guess I need to learn them

FYI, anyone who's ever watched the Olympics (or seen a movie about them, like "Chariots of Fire") shouldn't have to bother memorizing some of the rules, it gets so ingrained in you from seeing them used in action. More than anything else, that's how I learned much of the flag etiquette. Watch as the teams enter during the opening ceremonies, and you'll see each nation's flag carried at a bow as it passed the Olympic flag, and they'll all bow when they're lined up for the Olympic anthem, and the athletes' and officials' pledges.

All but one, that is.

This site offers a listing of flag etiquette. http://www.usa-flag-site.org/etiquette.shtml

However, for the real deal this site publishes the official U.S. Flag Code created in 1923. {Care to guess the month and day the code was enacted?}

I once worked at a convention hotel, one of the groups wanted the flag displayed vertically on a wall, there was a long, and somewhat heated discussion of the proper position of the union (blue field/ white stars). To this day I believe they got it wrong, the correct answer is in section 175 of the Code.

I forget to give you the link, http://www.usflag.org/us.code36.html, for the official code.

DOH!!!