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review, Scouts should, if walking, halt, and if sitting, 
rise and stand at attention. When the flag is stationary 
it is not saluted. 
An old, torn, or soiled flag should not be thrown away, 
but should be destroyed, preferably by burning. 
The law specifically forbids the use of and the rep- 
resentation of the flag in any manner or in any con- 
nection with merchandise for sale. 
When the “Star-Spangled Banner” is played or sung, 
stand and remain standing in silence until it is finished. 
The flag should, on being retired, never be allowed 
to touch the ground. 
Regulations for Flying the Flag 
1. The flag should not be raised before sunrise, nor 
be allowed to remain up after sunset. 
2. In placing the flag at half mast, it should be raised 
first to full mast, and then lowered to the half mast po- 
sition, from which it should again be raised to full mast 
before lowering. 
3. The flag should never be draped. 
4. When the flag is hung against a wall, the blue 
field should be in the upper left corner if the stripes 
are horizontal; in the upper right corner if the stripes 
are vertical. 
5. In the case of flags hung across the street it is 
necessary to hang them by the points of the compass 
instead of right or left, because the right or left nat- 
urally varies according to whether the spectator is going 
up or down the street. When the flag is hung across 
a north and south street, the blue field should be toward 
the east, the rising sun, when across an east and west 
street, the field should be toward the north. 
6. The flags of two or more nations displayed to- 
gether should always be hung at the same level, and 
should be on separate staffs or halyards. 
