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Posted in American Flag in literature, Editorial, History, Information on Mar 16th, 2009
Last Friday I received an email alerting me to the National Anthem YouTube Singing Contest sponsored by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and USA Weekend Magazine! My correspondent asked if I would share this information with The Daily Flag readers, and I am happy to do so. Entries for this contest will end [...]
Posted in Editorial on Jun 17th, 2008
Is the National Anthem up for grabs in a commercial? Last week a reader wrote to The Daily Flag to ask if it was permissible to use the National Anthem, or even part of the song, in a commercial advertisement. He was unhappy because The Pentagon Channel on television was using a portion of the [...]
Posted in Flag Facts, History, Information on Apr 16th, 2008
At the Flags Bay store website and The Daily Flag, there are links to the U.S. Flag Code, which I hope are useful to our readers. Today I discovered The United States Flag: Federal Law Relating to Display and Associated Questions while searching for some particular information about flag protocol. I didn’t find what I [...]
Posted in Editorial on Mar 12th, 2008
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about the differences between the National Anthem Committee (NAC) adopted protocol for the National Anthem, and the law subsequently passed by Congress a few months later. The differences are striking and if you missed it, stop and go read it. Style over substance is the topic de [...]
Posted in Editorial on Mar 11th, 2008
Last February I wrote an article about the protocol for the National Anthem. In it, I documented my research for the proper behavior during the playing and/or singing of the National Anthem. Since then, I have received many follow-up questions relating to the law contained in the U.S. Code, Title 36, Subtitle 1, Part A, [...]
