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A few weeks ago Robert Ashe, a Navy Veteran, had the police called on him. The reason, he was replacing a damaged American flag.
Robert lives in an RV park off of Ulmerton. He and his wife travel all over the country with their dog Storm.
After weeks of looking at neighboring vacant trailers torn, weathered Flag he decided to do something about it. He found a new Flag and walked over to exchange them.
As Robert and a friend brought the old flag down, the police showed up. Someone in the RV Park had called the cops reporting the attempted “thievery”.
This story made me think, do people not know simple flag etiquette? I think it’s time for a refresher course.
US Flag etiquette is based on Public Law 94-344 94th Congress and Amendments; these were just a few rules from www.USFlag.org :
“The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.”
“When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.” American legion posts around the city offer routine ceremonies where they burn American flag’s in a respectful way.
“The flag should not be used as drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, or any decoration in general.”
“The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose.”
“The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform.”
“No other flag should ever be raised over the American flag.”
In Florida the weather is temperamental at best. We don’t worry about snowstorms, but come spring and up into fall we get rain practically every day, not to mention the possibility of Hurricanes.
It’s a good idea to take your flag down if you’re planning on being away for awhile. Especially with criminals like Robert stalking around replacing them when you're away.
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