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Legislative history. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 12, 1998. The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America. It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code ( 4 U.S.C. § 5 et seq ).
The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the flag of the United States. It is Section 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq ). This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies.
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The national flag of the United States (Spanish: Bandera Nacional de Estados Unidos), often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton, referred to as the union and bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where ...
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The Flag Code - Modification of rules and customs by President. Executive Order No. 10834 August 24, 1959. Part I - Design of the flag. Section 1. The flag of the United States shall have thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white, and a union consisting of white stars on a field of blue. Section 2.
The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to title 4, United States Code, Chapter 1, Section 1 and Section 2 and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto. §6. Time and occasions for display. It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on ...
On June 22, 1942, Congress passed a joint resolution, later amended on December 22, 1942, that encompassed what has come to be known as the U.S. Flag Code. Note: Although this is a U.S. federal law, following the Flag Code is voluntary and meant as a guideline.
Flag code may refer to: Flag protocol, such as. Flag Code of India. United States Flag Code. Flag signals, such as. International maritime signal flags. "flag code", informal name for GS1 country code component of barcodes. Bit field, set of computer bits used as Boolean flags.
