FYI: Proper flag uses per Public Law 93-344

I'm sure that anything hand made to represent a flag is considered to be a flag but I think it's just people's ignorance and their desire to be in with the present fad. Hopefully most of these people will go back to their normal hide-in-the-house lifestyles watching hours of WWF and lose the thrill of being like everyone else. I think maybe we ought to drop this thread though as everyone is still reeling from the previous OT about the NYC/DC attack as it is and I'm sure that VAX's and PDP's are more of what we should be on for a while. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chad Fernandez -> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 1:31 AM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: Re: FYI: Proper flag uses per Public Law 93-344 -> -> -> Russ, -> -> I am seeing flags all over the place now. I even saw a guy that had one -> draped over the hood of his beat up SUV... tucked into the hood sort of, -> I think. I don't doubt that he has nothing but the best intentions, but -> I realized right away, that his method of display wasn't correct. -> -> I see them taped to car windows, flying off of roll bars on Jeeps and -> trucks, etc. Do the laws/rules differentiate between a flag, and the -> likeness of a flag? Many that I see aren't really real flags, they may -> be extremely cheap versions, or maybe even hand drawn.... are they still -> considered flags? (I'm not suggesting any of the above displays are -> wrong, and I don't want to be a legalist on this issue, but I still -> would like to know more) -> -> I did read the page you posted, but I wonder if the actual legal -> language might go more in depth, and possibly you might know more, from -> your experience. -> -> Chad Fernandez -> Michigan, USA -> -> Russ Blakeman wrote: -> > -> > I posted it because it was the best done site I saw and the -> fact that all -> > sorts of dipsticks out my way (and likely everywhere else) has -> no idea that -> > you aren't supposed to drag it on the ground, light it at -> night, that there -> > are different sized flags for different uses, etc. I'm 45 and -> had all sorts -> > of civics in Chicago in the early 60's through my graduation -> in 1975 from -> > high school and went to carry it all on in my 20 in the AF. -> I've been part -> > of both the law enforcement team that did the base flag and -> honro guard at -> > funerals so I've had more exposure than the average person. I -> thought with -> > all these people that normally couldn't even identify a US flag from a -> > Navajo quilt that it might help these people without pointing them out. -> > Dave's just got a problem with gov't workers is all. ->