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underpants

(182,281 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 08:26 AM Jun 2014

Someone stole our US flag.

Right off the front porch. Flag pole and all.

I was mowing the grass yesterday and went to throw my t-shirt over the handrail and ducked as usual to not bump into the flag. Then I realized that I didn't have to duck......"Hey where is the hell is the flag?!?!?!?", I thought. We looked everywhere....no flag.

Someone stole our flag??? I went and bought another one yesterday afternoon. Flying proud again.

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Someone stole our US flag. (Original Post) underpants Jun 2014 OP
Prolly wanted the metal from the flagpole for scrap? Tsiyu Jun 2014 #1
That was a crappy thing for someone to do nt steve2470 Jun 2014 #2
WTF? Some people have no class at all. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #3
Probably some alsame Jun 2014 #4
just a question? Leme Jun 2014 #5
No No and No underpants Jun 2014 #7
-great to know. thanks but... Leme Jun 2014 #8
Silly, it was a Democrat flag, not a Republican one. postulater Jun 2014 #6

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
1. Prolly wanted the metal from the flagpole for scrap?
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 08:30 AM
Jun 2014


That's crazy though.

Glad you could replace it.

Maybe put some kind of nasty goo on the metal so it will be harder to steal next time.



 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
5. just a question?
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 09:32 AM
Jun 2014

was it a flag you put up daily and took down before sunset?
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if not...was it lit at night?
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I think those are the suggested ,official ways to display the flag.

 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
8. -great to know. thanks but...
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 09:11 PM
Jun 2014

but wiki says this: United States Flag Code...The United States Flag Code outlines.....
The flag should never be allowed to touch the ground and, if flown at night, must be illuminated. If the edges become tattered through wear, the flag should be repaired or replaced.

and from: http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

Display of the Flag 24 Hours a Day
There is no absolute prohibition in federal law on flying the flag twenty-four
hours a day. The Flag Code states:
It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on
buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic
effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated
during hours of darkness.23

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