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The [[United States Flag Code]] lists many guidelines for the use and display of the flag, many of which are largely ignored. For example,

The [[United States Flag Code]] lists many guidelines for the use and display of the flag, many of which are largely ignored. For example,

"No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform".   

*"No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform".   

The flag "should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper".  

*The flag "should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper". Flags are even used sometimes as carpeting, violating such guidelines as not allowing the flag to touch the ground, not displaying it in a horizontal position, and not displaying it in a manner which is likely to allow it to get soiled.

Flags are even used sometimes as carpeting, violating such guidelines as not allowing the flag to touch the ground, not displaying it in a horizontal position, and not displaying it in a manner which is likely to allow it to get soiled.

The ritualized burning of the American flag is described in the [[United States Flag Code]] as an appropriate way to dispose of a damaged or soiled flag. Flags are burned in respectful retirement ceremonies by the [[American Legion]], [[Boy Scouts]], The Veterans of Foreign Wars, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the Sons of the American Legion.

*The ritualized burning of the American flag is described in the [[United States Flag Code]] as an appropriate way to dispose of a damaged or soiled flag. Flags are burned in respectful retirement ceremonies by the [[American Legion]], [[Boy Scouts]], The Veterans of Foreign Wars, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the Sons of the American Legion.

Flying an American flag upside down is not necessarily disrespectful. The practice has its origin in a military distress signal; displaying a flag in this manner is "a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property", it has been used by extension to make a statement about distress in civic, political, or other areas.

*Flying an American flag upside down is not necessarily disrespectful. The practice has its origin in a military distress signal; displaying a flag in this manner is "a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property", it has been used by extension to make a statement about distress in civic, political, or other areas.

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