The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-17
Stars ard Stripes.
S S2artanburg Journal.


S3artanburg Journal
Inasmuch as Old Glory is waving
proudly frcn almost every store ana
every home in the city now some fe"
facts concei nirg the flag may not be
amlss at this TINE.
There IS what is termed the Eli
quette OF the Eay, and here it IS re-
produced for the benefit Of the read
ers:
Here are the correct ways to dis
play the United States flag:
The flag should be raised at sun
rise. or after, never before.
The flag must be lowered at sun
set. 1t is 9 mark Of disrespect to ny
the flag through the night.
When the flag is hung against a
wall, the blue field should be in tbs
upper left hand corner if the stripes
are horizontal, or in the upper right
hand corner If the stripes are pey-
pendicular.
Bunting. for decorations, should be
placed with the red at the top. white
below and blue at the bottom.
A Dag used as a street banner
should be hung across the street. at ah
equal distance between curbs.
United States laws forbid the use OF
the flag IN registered trademarks or
for advertising purposes.
In no case should the flag be allow
ed to touch the ground.
A fag reversed, with the blue held
down, Is q sign Of distress.
TO display the fas at half mast IN
case OF national mourning or other
calamity, the proper way is to raise
it to the top then lower 1t little.
Before it is lowered. it is proper to
raise the flag first to the top.
On the death of a president. the
fas should be displayed only one day
at half mast, according to regulation.
The flag is at nalf mast only half a
day. on Memorial day. At mid dag,
the flag is raised to the top OF the
staff were it remains until sunset.
June "A, the anniversary of the
adoption Of the flag, is Flag day.
The Stars and Stripes as we see
them today are the result OF num-
Der of changes In the early days
of the revolution there were almost
as many standards as there were
commanders. Every man who raised
a regiment Of colonists seems to have
designed a flag of his own fancy.
Most Of these ancestors Of the
"Stars and Stripes were copied upon
the arms of the colony from which
the revolutionary soldiers came. A
month after the battle of Bunker Hill
General Putnam displayed a red nag
with the coat Of arms of Connectl-
cut.
Many of the revolutionary priva-
teers adopted a flag bearing mailed
fist grasping 13 arrows. At Cam
bridge. 1776, washington few a flag
with the 13 red and white stripes
such as the flag bears today, but with
a reproduction Of the British union
Jack in the place now occupied by tn
blue field and stars.
The most famous of all the CONT
mental flags, however, was the rattle
snake banner with the motto, "Don'
tread on mel" This was carried in
many parts of the country.
Congress adopted resolution June
IA. 1777, stating: That the flag OF
the 13 United States be 13 stripes, al
ternate red and white; that the union
be 13 stars, white in a blue field, rep
resenting the new constellation The
design may have been inspired by the
Washington coat of arms which had
both stars and stripes.
It was apparently the intention tc
add both a stripe and a star for every
new State admitted, but in 1918 the
number of States had increased to ~
and the flag was rapidly getting out
of shape. Congress altered the de-
sign to the style we now use.