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the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. The casket should be carried foot-first from the hearse to the grave.
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Hats off!!
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Along the street there comes
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a blare of bugles, a ruffle
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of drums:
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A flash of color beneath the sky:
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Hats off!!
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The Flag is passing by!
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From "The Flag Goes By"
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by Henry Holcomb Bennett
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SALUTING THE FLAG
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In saluting the flag those present in uniform should render the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove the hat with the right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Women, and men without hats, should place the right hand over the heart. Aliens should stand at attention.
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All persons present should face the flag, stand at attention and salute on the following occasions:
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When the flag is passing in a parade or review. The salute to the flag in the moving column is rendered at the moment the flag passes.
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During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag.
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When the National Anthem is played and the flag is displayed.
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During the Pledge of Allegiance.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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When the National Anthem is played and the flag is not displayed, all present should stand and face toward the music. Those in uniform should salute at the first note of the anthem, retaining this position until the last note. All others should stand at attention, men removing their hats. When the flag is displayed, all present should face the flag and salute.
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HOW TO DISPOSE OF WORN FLAGS
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Every precaution should be taken to prevent the flag from becoming soiled. When a flag is in such a condition, through wear or damage, that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should be destroyed privately in a dignified manner.
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PENALTIES FOR DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
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A 1968 Federal law provides penalties of up to a year's imprisonment or a $1,000 fine, or both, for burning publicly or otherwise desecrating the flag. All the States and the District of Columbia have laws against flag desecration.
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