Please check my flag etiquette

[DocHeb]

I've been challenged that the arrangement of flags outside our hospital is incorrect. My Eagle Scout training and intrepretation of the US Flag Code dictates that with flags flown on equal height staffs, the US Flag is always on the "Building's right", and no other flags should be to the right of the US Flag. I been past the Ford Motor World Headquarters where they have about eighty national flags. The US Flag is on the far left end as you look at the building (i.e. the "building's right"). I told our building maintenance crew that the attached is the correct arrangement. My challanger states the US flag should be in the center of the three, equal-height flagpoles. What do you think?

 

[MikePA]

Hi Doc, does this <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/allhands/ah0697/jun-pg18.html>link</A> help? It indicates you're correct.

 

[MossRoad]

If the poles are of equal height, the picture is correct.

 

[Redman59]

You guys are correct, the US Flag is always displayed to the right of all other flags. This is traced back to heraldry, where the place of honor is up front or to the right of the line. The American Legion site lists the Flag Code Title 4, United States Code, Chapter 1.

Here is the link:
http://www.legion.org/our_flag/of_flag_code_position.htm

Great topic for Memorial Day.
By the way, The USMC Flag has precedence over the Navy flag, and I believe all service flags.
Semper Fi,
Redman

 

[MikePA]

From <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.usafa.af.mil/ccp/flags.htm>http://www.usafa.af.mil/ccp/flags.htm</A>

e. The order of precedence for flags is as follows:

(1) National flags (alphabetically after the US Flag)

(2) State flags (in order as they entered the Union (order available by contacting the Directorate of Protocol)

(3) Service flags

(a) US Army

(b) US Marine

(c) US Navy

(d) US Air Force

(e) US Coast Guard

 

[ronjhall]

Chirs
Your Flag etiquette is correct. /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif
The challenger will need to add some height to center pole too put Stars & Stripes in the middle. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
The building looks very familiar. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif