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<blockquote data-quote="KOPBET" data-source="post: 3237405" data-attributes="member: 4153"><p>FWIW ---</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flagpolesetc.com/blog/house-mounted-flagpoles-half-staff-and-more" target="_blank">https://flagpolesetc.com/blog/house-mounted-flagpoles-half-staff-and-more</a></p><p></p><p>"The United States Flag Code does not address the issue of flying house mounted flags at half staff. Many people attach a black streamer just below the top of the pole that is about one and a half times the height of the flag. It should be attached so that it falls naturally. Other people simply attach black bows or knots that may or may not have streamers at the points that the flag is fastened to the flagpole."</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.marthastewart.com/1528929/memorial-day-flag-protocol-and-etiquette" target="_blank">https://www.marthastewart.com/1528929/memorial-day-flag-protocol-and-etiquette</a></p><p></p><p>"When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting from your home—a window, balcony, or other outcropping—the union should be at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff. You can affix a memorial streamer of black crepe to the staff immediately below the spearhead of the flag. It should be no wider than 1 foot in order to match the proportionality of the standard size flag. This is an acceptable alternative for flags that cannot be lowered to half-staff."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KOPBET, post: 3237405, member: 4153"] FWIW --- [URL]https://flagpolesetc.com/blog/house-mounted-flagpoles-half-staff-and-more[/URL] "The United States Flag Code does not address the issue of flying house mounted flags at half staff. Many people attach a black streamer just below the top of the pole that is about one and a half times the height of the flag. It should be attached so that it falls naturally. Other people simply attach black bows or knots that may or may not have streamers at the points that the flag is fastened to the flagpole." [URL]https://www.marthastewart.com/1528929/memorial-day-flag-protocol-and-etiquette[/URL] "When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting from your home—a window, balcony, or other outcropping—the union should be at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff. You can affix a memorial streamer of black crepe to the staff immediately below the spearhead of the flag. It should be no wider than 1 foot in order to match the proportionality of the standard size flag. This is an acceptable alternative for flags that cannot be lowered to half-staff." [/QUOTE]
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