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2. Flag desecration - Wikipedia

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   During the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, American flags were sometimes burned during war protest demonstrations. [ 153 ] After the Johnson decision, the Flag Protection Act was passed, protecting flags from anyone who "mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag ...

3. File:Flag of the United States (upside down).svg - Wikipedia

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4. Half-mast - Wikipedia

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   The Finnish flag flying at half-mast after the 2011 Norway attacks The American flag flying at half-mast in Buchenwald, Thuringia, Nazi Germany, on 19 April 1945 after the death of US President Franklin Roosevelt. Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a ...

5. Upside-down flag at Justice Alito's home another blow for ...

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   The American flag is not supposed to be flown upside down except as a signal of dire distress or extreme danger, according to the U.S. Flag Code. That significance has made it into a protest ...

6. Watch live: US flag unfurled from Pentagon roof to mark ... - AOL

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7. How to properly hang, display the US flag for Memorial Day - AOL

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   Never display the flag with the union down unless you are signaling distress. When hanging the flag somewhere, do not let it touch the ground. Do not use the U.S. flag for the following purposes:

8. Distress signal - Wikipedia

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   A ship flying no flags may also be understood to be in distress. [6] For one country, the Philippines, an inverted flag is a symbol of war rather than distress. [7] If any flag is available, distress may be indicated by tying a knot in it and then flying it upside-down, making it into a wheft. [8]

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