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XtremeDuty.45 wrote:

bronco78 wrote:

XtremeDuty.45 wrote:I fly Old Glory 24/7. Anytime that she is an "unfit emblem for display" I change her out. I think that everyone should fly the American flag and fly it the proper way.

To those that fly the US colors 24/7 .. You are illuminating the flag at night yes? I only ask because I have seen folks that do not.. But were simply unaware that is the proper way.

To those that do light up Old Glory at night..... How? What kind of lights?

Yes I do. Its in the flag code. If she is flown at night she must be properly illuminated.

I am lucky. I fly her from an angled pole off of my house and my porch and garage lights light her up.

There is no definition of "properly" illuminated in the flag code. I take it to mean that as long as you can easily tell that it is the American Flag flying you are good to go.

Thanks for that and the reply.. Think I'll start a new thread
Pictures of OUR FLAG at YOUR HOME.

We just picked a spot for our flag pole... once I can get power run to it, the pole and flag go up..

"However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness"
I've always felt, based on the Code referenced above and the manor in which the US Military, and Government displays the Flag at night, that the amount of illumination should be sufficient to see the flag as if it were displayed in daylight.
But of course your right, there is no real definition and .. it's just a Federal law to which has no teeth.

Flag Code, kind of an oxymoron, as there is a code that is Federal law, with no punitive attachments. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/4/usc ... _10_1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


You are legally bound to it, though there is nothing punitive if you do not.....

And like other federal laws in the media right now, this one two is not enforced.

Hey AZ... I got your next Bill for ya........

XtremeDuty.45 wrote:I fly Old Glory 24/7. Anytime that she is an "unfit emblem for display" I change her out. I think that everyone should fly the American flag and fly it the proper way.

To those that fly the US colors 24/7 .. You are illuminating the flag at night yes? I only ask because I have seen folks that do not.. But were simply unaware that is the proper way.

To those that do light up Old Glory at night..... How? What kind of lights?

mymojo wrote: P.S. I will make sure that every Cinco De Mayo from this day forward will see me wearing/displaying an American flag.

exactly what I was thinking.. of course most days I'm wearing a full color one on my sleeve anyway, or in a different country wearing an IR version...