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Posted in Flag Facts, Flag Photos, Flags in the News on Aug 18th, 2009
Last October on The Daily Flag, I wrote an article titled Texas Fold ‘Em, about folding the Texas flag. The gist of the article was that there was not an official way to fold the flag, although state offices have traditionally folded it the same way the U.S. flag is folded. Early this summer, the [...]
Posted in Flag Photos on Dec 31st, 2008
Happy New Year! And goodbye. It’s time for me to fold up The Daily Flag. I’ve had a great time for the past two years, and made wonderful friends. TDF readers are the best. But I’m not very good at multi-tasking. As it turns out, my best attribute is also my worst attribute. That means [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, History on Dec 23rd, 2008
Christmas, December 25, is an official flag flying day. Christmas is on Thursday this year which is great, because for most of this month, I thought Christmas was on Wednesday. So I was overjoyed to discover I had an extra day for preparations! To give you a jump start on 2009, here is the list [...]
Posted in Flag Facts, Flag Photos, History, Information on Dec 11th, 2008
A reminder to those who want to display the Texas flag in the vertical position: The white stripe is on the left and the red stripe is on the right. From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission: General provisions regarding the Texas state flag, and information on the display of the flag, the flag [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, History on Dec 5th, 2008
The Congress, by Public Law 103 308 (as amended) has designated December 7 of each year as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.” The flag is flown in the half-staff position all day. Poles that are too short to fly the flag at half-staff may be adorned with black ribbon, to signify honor, remembrance, and mourning.
