If you fly the flag Monday, please do it correctly
Every Good Republican is going to fly a flag on Memorial Day in honor of Our Fallen Servicemembers. And 99 percent of them are going to do it wrong.
The Republican way is to raise the flag to half-staff at sunrise, leave it there until it gets too dark to see, then bring it down and wait till the next Holiday of Overt Patriotism comes along...Flag Day on June 14. Every year I like to drive around at 2 pm Memorial Day, and every year the flags in my heavily-Republican-infested city are at half-staff.
Don't be like Republicans. This is how to do it.
Just before 6 am, go outside with your flag. If you can bring another person or three to help hold it, so much the better. Attach the flag to the halyard.
At 6 am, "briskly" raise the flag to full staff. Count to three, then "reverently" lower it to half staff. In this case, "briskly" means "as quickly as you can without looking like you're in a flag-raising race" and "reverently" means "about half as fast as you raised it."
At exactly noon, briskly return the flag to full staff.
At 5 pm, reverently lower the flag to the bottom of the pole. Fold it and put it in a safe place.
On days when the flag is flown at half-staff all day, briskly raise it to full staff, then lower to half staff, in the morning; in the evening, briskly raise it to full staff then reverently lower it all the way.
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Most of them just fly the flag off their truck bed or bumper. 
Thanks!. Yes snap off a crisp raising and blow your neighbors mind. Never knew that stuff. Happy Memorial Day.
It is near the roof line of the corn crib, displayed so we and anyone passing can see it. We bring it in at sunset.
