Placement of two flags on the same pole

[outdoorstom]

I plan on flying a 4'x6' U.S. flag and a 3'x5' Don't Tread On Me flag on the same pole. I know the larger U.S. flag will go on top, but my question is by how much? When there is no wind and the top flag is limp, it will cover the lower flag. Is that ok, or should I place the lower flag low enough so that it's not covered? I'm sorry if I've made this confusing.

Thanks!

[NAVA1974]

I know the larger U.S. flag will go on top, but my question is by how much? When there is no wind and the top flag is limp, it will cover the lower flag. Is that ok, or should I place the lower flag low enough so that it's not covered?

Perfectly valid question. Since the designs of the flags are not conspicuous when there is no wind, I don't think there is any point in worrying about the larger flag obscuring the smaller one. When the wind does blow, both flags will be visible.

If you had a lot of flags that needed to be read and understood, namely signal flags, you may want to look at how they make signal flags in Europe with the toggle and becket or with Inglefield clips. A rope is sewn into the heading of the flag. There is a connecting device attached to that rope at the top hoist of the flag, but below the flag the rope extends a few inches to either the loop (in the toggle/becket arrangement) or the lower Inglefield clip.
That few inches of separation makes it easier to clip the flags together when hoisting a signal using multiple flags. That lower length of rope not only separates the flags so that they may be read more easility, but it is also used to wrap around the furled flag for storage so there are a number of reasons for that.

[outdoorstom]

Thanks very much for the great response! I don't have a lot of flags, but I do have a "Don't Tread On Me" flag that I got in 1976t while stationed at a Polaris sub base in Scotland. These flags were flown on the subs for the bicentennial. This isn't the flag I'm flying though.....it's too small for this flagpole.