Important flag code information:
House Resolution H.R.1119 National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 SEC. 1054.
DISPLAY OF POW/MIA FLAG.
includes the following provision:
PROTOCOL: If flying the flag from ONE FLAG POLE, the POW/MIA flag
is flown directly below the National Colors and above any state
flag.
• If flying National, POW/MIA and State flags from TWO poles, the POW/MIA
flag should be flown from the same pole as the National Colors, and beneath
the American Flag, with the state flag flying from the pole to the left.
• If flying flags from three poles, the National Colors occupy the
place of prominence (the right), with the POW/MIA flag immediately to the left
of the U.S. Flag, and the state flag to the left of the POW/MIA flag.
Ned Smith, 28 November 2003
It should be noted that the act in question only pertains to certain
government facilities, such as the White House, State Department,
Defense Department and U.S. Postal Service, among them. It does
contradict certain policy issued by the protocol directorate at
the U.S. Air Force Academy: "POW/MIA flag is displayed when
appropriate and normally only with the U.S. flag (U.S. flag takes
the position of honor)." Not all of these institutions fly
a state flag.
Phil Nelson, 28 November 2003 |