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Posted in Flag Facts, Uh, Not Exactly on Jun 28th, 2007
Three equal staffs with the U.S. flag properly flown to its own right.
The more I read and study, the more one big flag myth stands out. I read the following sentence in a California news article that I won’t even reference because it was filled with so much misinformation.
Protocol concerning the use of the [...]
Posted in Uh, Not Exactly on May 31st, 2007
A popular phrase, Once in a Blue Moon, is normally used incorrectly. Popular myth says it occurs when a full moon presents itself twice in the same month—like tonight—but not so, according to this article in Sky Tonight. It seems the correct use of the phrase is a more complicated formula.
SkyTonight.com – Moon [...]
Posted in Flag Facts, Uh, Not Exactly on May 11th, 2007
A few days ago, I wrote about folding the U.S. flag, referencing the only sentence in the U.S. Flag Code about raising and lowering the American flag. For the ones that missed it, here it is:
The United States Flag Code, Section 6(b) says:
The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
Hoisting Briskly is easy. The [...]
Posted in Flag Facts, Uh, Not Exactly on May 8th, 2007
The United States Flag Code, Section 6(b) says:
The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
That is the entire text that refers to lowering the flag. Yes, Section 9 refers to our conduct during hoisting, lowering and passing of the flag, but 6(b) is the only reference to how the flag is lowered. Notice that [...]
Posted in Uh, Not Exactly on Apr 16th, 2007
A recurring bit of Texas mythology and misinformation is that Texas is the only state that was a Republic before it joined the Union. This simply is not true.
The Republic of Vermont existed for fourteen years, from January 15, 1777 to March 4, 1791. Vermont was the first state to enter the Union that had [...]
