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<br />The Flag Code
<br />Title 4, United States Code, Chapter 1
<br />As Adopted by the National Flag Conference, Washington, D.C., June 14-15,
<br />1923, and Revised and Endorsed by the Second National Flag Conference,
<br />Washington, D.C., May IS, 1924. Revised and adopted at P.L. 623, 77th Congress,
<br />Second Session, June 22, 1942; as Amended by P.L. 829, 77th Congress, Second
<br />Session, December 22, 1942; P.L. 107 83rd Congress, 1st Session, July 9, 1953; P.L.
<br />396, 83rd Congress, Second Session, June 14, 1954; P.L. 363, 90th Congress,
<br />Second Session, June 28, 1968; P.L. 344, 94th Congress, Second Session, July 7,
<br />1976; P.L. 322, 103rd Congress, Second Session, September 13, 1994; P.L. 225,
<br />105th Congress, Second Session, August 12, 1998; and P.L. 80, 106th Congress,
<br />First Session, October 25, 1999.
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<br />~ 4. Pledge of Allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery
<br />The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, "I pledge allegiance to the
<br />Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one
<br />Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", should be
<br />rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the
<br />heart. When not in uniform men should remove their headdress with their right
<br />hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in
<br />uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.
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<br />~ 5. Display and use of flag by civilians; codification of rules and customs;
<br />definition
<br />The following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the
<br />display and use of the flag of the United States of America is established for the
<br />use of such civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to
<br />conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of
<br />the Government of the United States. The flag of the United States for the
<br />purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to sections 1 and 2 of this title
<br />and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.
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<br />~ 6. Time and occasions for display
<br />(a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset
<br />on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic
<br />effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated
<br />during the hours of darkness.
<br />(b) The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
<br />(c) The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement,
<br />except when an all weather flag is displayed.
<br />(d) The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on New Year's Day,
<br />January 1; Inauguration Day, January 20; Martin Luther King, Jr.' s birthday, the
<br />third Monday in January; Lincoln's Birthday, February 12; Washington's
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