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7. In the United States, when the American flag is 
carried with one other flag, it should be at the right. 
When it is carried with two other flags, it should be 
in the middle. 
8. When the American flag is hung against a wall 
with other flags, it is placed at the spectator’s right, if 
it is one of two; and in the middle, if it is one of three. 
9. The flag at half mast is a sign of mourning. 
10. The flag flown upside down is a signal of distress. 
11. On Memorial Day, May 30, the flag is flown at 
half mast during the morning, and is raised at noon 
to full mast for the rest of the day. 
Patriotic Songs for Girl Scouts 
“The Star-Spangled Banner” 
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light. 
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last 
gleaming, 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through 
the perilous fight; 
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallant- 
ly streaming ! 
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in 
air, 
Gave proof through the night that our flag was 
still there ; 
Oh ! say, does that star-spangled banner yet 
wave. 
O’er the land of the free, and the home of the 
brave ? 
On that shore dimly seen through the mists of 
the deep. 
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence 
reposes, 
