US Flag Indoor in office building - lights?

[Maureen2300]

When you have an American flag on flagpole display in a Company's lobby...is it necessary to have this American flag lit up at night? Or does that rule only stand for OUTDOOR displays?

[Peter Ansoff]

Hi, Maureen!

Here is what the flag code actually says:

"It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness."

As you can see, this deals with outdoor displays. You don't need to illuminate your flag in the lobby.

Peter Ansoff

[NAVA1974]

The need for lighting only applies outdoors, per the United States Flag Code:

§174. Time and occasions for display

• (a) Display on buildings and stationary flagstaffs in open; night display It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.

[NAVA1974]

Good timing, Peter, you beat me by 60 seconds.
Nick

[Peter Ansoff]

At least we're telling the same story . . . (-;

Peter A.