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What kind of American would I be if I neglected to pay some respect on this the 229th anniversary of resolution by the Second Continental Congress to adopt the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States? According to US Code Title 36, Subtitle I, Part A, Chapter 1, § 110, the President is requested to urge everyone observe flag day. Here's how you can do your part:

• Don't dip it to any person or thing.
• Don't drape it over a vehicle.
• Don't draw on it, write on it, or otherwise mark it up in any way.
• Don't fly it upside down (except as a distress signal).
• Don't let it get bunched up or wrinkled.
• Don't let it get dirty or tattered.
• Don't let it touch the ground.
• Don't throw it in the garbage or destroy it in an undignified manner.
• Don't use it as a receptacle to receive, hold, carry, or deliver anything.
• Don't use it for advertising or on anything intended for temporary use.
• Don't use it on a uniform (except for military, civil servants, and patriotic organizations).
• Don't use it as a drapery, covering, or general decoration.

In case you were wondering, the flag should not be flown at half-staff only "by order of the President... upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor of a State, territory, or possesion...[or] other officials or foreign dignitaries... In the event of the death a present or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the Governor of that state, territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff."

Additionally, it should not be flown in inclement weather (except when an all-weather flag is displayed) or from sunset to sunrise, unless it is appropriately illuminated. The following places are authorized by proclamation or law to fly the flag 24 hours a day:

• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, MD
  
• Flag House Square, Baltimore MD
  
• United States Marine Corp Memorial, Arlington, VA
  
• On the Green of the Town of Lexington, MA
  
• The White House, Washington, DC
  
• Washington Monument, Washington, DC
  
• US Customs Ports of Entry
  
• Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, PA
  

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