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→Handling the flag: Getting this out of the way
{{Image request|A picture of the US flag being flown on the same pole with other flags. Ideally, it would show the US flag below the UN flag and above other flags to illustrate all of the aspects of where to fly the flag.|thumb|right|}}
{{Image request|A picture of the US flag being flown on the same pole with other flags. Ideally, it would show the US flag below the UN flag and above other flags to illustrate all of the aspects of where to fly the flag.|thumb|right|}}
Section three describes how not to handle the flag, and sections five through nine describe how to handle, display, store, and respect the flag.
Section three describes how not to handle the flag, and sections five through nine describe how to handle, display, store, and respect the flag.
====Defacement and misuse of the flag====
Section 3 is describes how the US flag should not be handled, misused, or defaced.
While the bulk of the code is purely descriptive, violating section 3 within the [[District of Columbia]] carries a penalty of "a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court." This law is little enforced, however, and there is much controversy concerning [[Flag desecration in the United States of America|misuse and abuse of the US flag]].
===Pledge of Allegiance===
===Pledge of Allegiance===