Flying My Flag

[Cruzr Joe]

If you are going to Fly My Flag .....................

Fly it Properly.

It Flies either in the center of your bike or on the Right hand side, and it flies proud (above) any other flags that you may be flying.

Fly it with RESPECT or Don't Fly it at all.

Cruzr Joe

 

[Zip]

:agree:

 

[PrairieSpyder]

:agree: +1!!

And "right side" on your Spyder or other vehicle means on the curb-side.

 

[Bob Denman]

Please throw another ":agree:" on the pile for me! :thumbup:

And Thanks for reminding everyone! :clap:

 

[Cruzr Joe]

It means right side as you are going forward, curb side in other countries is the left side.

Cruzr Joe

 

[Bob Denman]

That would be "Straw-Foot"; right Joe?

 

[Bfromla]

:yes:Lil more decriptive & has helped me for PGR missions:
http://www.newlondonmotorcycleclub.com/uploads/Flag_Guidelines.pdf

 

[missouriboy]

It means right side as you are going forward, curb side in other countries is the left side.

Cruzr Joe

In other countries, your flag wouldn't be 'their' flag. Would it? :dontknow:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

In other countries, your flag wouldn't be 'their' flag. Would it? :dontknow:

The document Bfromla linked to is pretty good. If those of us who are going to Homecoming are inclined to fly a Canadian flag on our Spyders along with the USA flag, we need to remember, according to the protocol cited in that guide, to swap the USA & Canada flags after we cross the border. While we're ryding in Canada the Canadian flag is to be on the right side. When we come back into the States then we have to swap them back! :thumbup:

Just to add a little bit of extra info to the subject of flag protocol. One situation that is not spelled out in the US Flag Code is what is proper when the US flag is flown with flags of another nation and the US Flag is to brought down to half-mast. The best guidance is in the flag guides of the Uniformed Services. If, like on Memorial Day, the US flag is to be at half mast until noon, and it is flown alongside another national flag, the other national flag does not need to be brought down. In this case, the US Flag flies lower than the other flag. Normally the US flag is to be the highest flown. If you think about it for a bit, it makes sense for this exception. Memorial Day is a day to pay recognition and tribute to all the US servicemen who have died, in battle or otherwise. But that is a US national tribute to its own. We do not impose on the other nation a duty to pay tribute to soldiers who were not theirs. Same case for a dignitary such as when a President passes. The US flag is flown at half mast in tribute. But if there is another nation's flag alongside the US flag, that other flag is not required to be flown at half mast. This is the only case where the US flag is flown lower than a foreign flag on US soil.

The reason I'm aware of this situation is because the question came up at my hometown Finnish Cemetery. On Memorial Day the US flag is at half mast until noon, per the flag code. However, the Finland flag, which flies at the cemetery all the time with the US flag, was not lowered. Many people asked why it wasn't. "Isn't the US flag to never be lower than a foreign flag?" they asked. After researching the subject the above info is what I found out.