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Originally Posted by rmruehle

Dear Sirs;
I have a question. I have American flag
stickers on my semi tractor. On the drivers side the flag is displayed with
the stars in the upper left hand corner (as the one pictured below). On the
passenger side it is the same. Now the other day the shop foremen came out
and told me that since these flag stickers are the ones that look like the
flag is waving that the one on the passenger side should be facing backwards
In other words the stars should be in the upper right hand corner with stripes to the left and not as I have it now. Is this correct? As a US Army
veteran I sure don't want to display my country's flag the wrong way. Thanks in advance for clearing up the confusion.


Rick

Rick,

You might remember from your uniform that the flag patch on the right shoulder is "backwards," that is, flying with the blue union on the front part of the shoulder and the stripes waving behind.

It's meant to look like the soldiers are carrying a flag, rushing into battle. The flag then would be flying back as the soldiers rushed forward, thus the stars are in front.

The same logic could be applied to your rig, though most people I have seen with multiple flags on their vehicles have them all facing the "normal" way. That's probably because there aren't a lot of people who sell decals with the flag waving this way. But if you can find one, by all means fly it proudly.

Sarah

[Jake the dog man]

My understanding of the waving flag decals/magnets were they were not flags, but artwork/decoration (a picture of the flag). A flag would be a flat, rectangular sticker with 4 flat sides.

... so it would be the waving flag sticker that isn't "required" to fly union first.

But, that brings into question another point. I have a flag sticker displayed on the center section of glass on my pick-up truck. My understanding was it was "required" to be on that section alone. If it were a waving flag, it could have other stickers on the same panel.

I had a copy of my fathers guidelines, used as Sgt of Arms at his VFW (USMC 67-71), but I can not find them right now.

[Robin Hickman]

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GREETINGS !!!


Try HERE :


http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm


Written for us civilians.


Actually, there is a VERY reasonable "explanation" given regarding painted Flags (reversed) on the tail of Air Force One in this very Forum!!!


http://www.usa-flag-site.org/forum/why-flag-air-force-one-improper-7057.html



Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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