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  2. United States Flag Code - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the public law which includes the Flag Code (Pub. L. 105–225, largely codified in Title 36 of the U.S. Code), addresses conduct when the U.S. National Anthem is being played while the flag is present. That law suggests civilians in attendance should face the flag "at attention" (standing upright) with their hand over their heart ...

  3. Flag Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    Reacting to protests during the Vietnam War era, the United States 90th Congress enacted Public Law 90-381 (82 Stat. 291), later codified as 18 U.S.C. 700, et. seq., and better known as the Flag Protection Act of 1968. It was an expansion to nationwide applicability of a 1947 law previously restricted only to the District of Columbia (See 61 ...

  4. All-American Flag Act - Wikipedia

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    The All-American Act, Pub. L. 118-74, 138 Stat. 1505, is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 118th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on July 30, 2024. The act mandates that American flags purchased by the U.S. government must be produced entirely with American-made materials and manufactured in the United States.

  5. From the archives: When the American flag broke Wilmington law

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    According to an article in the Sept. 22, 1990, edition of the Wilmington Morning Star, the president of Gas World gas stations in the city wanted to fly 375-square-foot American flags over his ...

  6. All-American Flag Act to require federal government to buy U ...

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    U.S. flags flown over federal buildings, draped over coffins of fallen soldiers to be 100% made in America under All-American Flag Act.

  7. Flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

  8. Check Out These Cool and Patriotic Facts About the American Flag

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    The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.

  9. Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.