US/State/Military Flag Display

[flaglady]

Hi,
The city where I live is having a dedication ceremony for a new Armed Forces Tribute Garden next month. Is there a certain order the flags should be raised?

They are raising:
US
State
City
POW
Air Force
Army
Coast Guard
Marine
Merchant Marine
Navy

Thanks in advance for your help!

[american_flag_uk]

h there flaglady welcome to the forum

theres no question that the US flag would be 1st to be raised
followed by the state flag
then city

[flaglady]

Thanks for your response.

Do you think there should be a certain order to raise the military flags?
Here were my thoughts--
*Alphabetically
*All at the same time
*In order of where the flagpoles are located. They have a statue for each branch of military and the flags coorsponding with the brach flying beside it.

Any other ideas??

[american_flag_uk]

ahhhh the end of my post was somehow lost!!

i was orgioanly going to say for the mliary branch flags to raise them in the order of the servce which is the oldest first

i have since learnt about the statues next to each pole- and i recken itd be a nice idea to put them up in order of where the flagpoles are located seeing each one has a statue with it

[Peter Ansoff]

Hi, Flaglady!

Do you think there should be a certain order to raise the military flags?

Military regs specify an order of precedence for military flags. Take a look at my earlier posts in the "Flags in Parades" thread in this forum -- the precedence is explained there in some detail. You are dealing with a static display rather than a parade, but the precedence rules would still be a good guide.

Peter Ansoff

[mholland2325]

I know for sure the us flag is supposed to be at the top, but i don't know beyond that