How Do You Practice National Flag Etiquette?
• Fly the flag from sunrise to sunset on a clear day. National flags should not be flown in bad weather (e.g. during thunderstorms or hailstorms)unless it is an all-weather flag. If a national flag is flown at night it should be brightly illuminated. • Hoist (raise) the flag in a brisk fashion and lower it in a dignified, ceremonious way. • Flags flown at half-mast should be hoisted to full mast then lowered slowly and ceremoniously to half-mast. • Never let a national flag touch the ground, water or the floor. • Display a national flag in a position superior to all other flags (such as state or provincial flags) except when flags of other countries are displayed (such as at the United Nations or during the Olympic Games). • Flags of the World When flags of multiple countries are flown in the same place, they must all be displayed as equals. They should each be flown on individual flagpoles each of the same size. All of the flags must be the same size and no flag can be bigger or small
