Do you display US flags or have red, white and blue out?

[BadPinkTink]

This is one thing I always think of as uniquely American. I didnt even know there was such thing as flag etiquette.
In Ireland people really only put the National Flag or bunting on their houses for St Patricks Day and to show their support for athletes in national and international sports competitions.

1. If the Irish team does well in major international football competition like The World Cup or The European Cup.
2. If an individual sports person is doing well in international competitions you will also see the National flag and bunting in their local home town.
3. Depending on the time of year, in various parts of the country you will see houses decorated with flags of the county teams if they are doing well in the national championships.

 

[indimom]

Yes, we always have a flag in the yard. We also have a R/W/B wreath; and, I have a couple small R/W/B tabletop decor pieces in the house. I like to change my decor with the holidays/seasons.

 

[Karin1984]

This is one thing I always think of as uniquely American. I didnt even know there was such thing as flag etiquette.
In Ireland people really only put the National Flag or bunting on their houses for St Patricks Day and to show their support for athletes in national and international sports competitions.

1. If the Irish team does well in major international football competition like The World Cup or The European Cup.
2. If an individual sports person is doing well in international competitions you will also see the National flag and bunting in their local home town.
3. Depending on the time of year, in various parts of the country you will see houses decorated with flags of the county teams if they are doing well in the national championships.

I think the flag is a very American thing. I always wonder in Frozen 2 when in the opening song there is something about the flag of Arendelle, if that's something that's also part of Norwegian culture, or if it's the input of American artists.
I know about flag etiquette in the Netherlands (my own country) that's mainly about when to fly your flag at the top or half mast. The occasions etc.

 

[Dcgc28]

We typically have USA themed decorations outside our house. But not an actual flag. I don’t have a setup for the proper etiquette and I don’t want to have take it down every night. So just decorations here

 

[firefly_ris]

I do indeed- I fly Old Glory 24/7/365 with a light.

Same

 

[MamaMermaid]

No.

 

[Ms.Minnie]

A few years ago we put a flagpole in our front yard for our anniversary gift to each other. I love flying the flag, currently we have the US flag, a Blue Lives flag and a Don't Tread On Me flag flying. For a while we had a Betsy Ross flag instead of the blue lives flag (that was before all the protesting against the police). We have the flags lite up at night so we don't have to take them down unless there is bad weather.

I also have a patriotic door wreath and flag pillows on the front porch chairs. I put flags in the garden for the holiday and I changed out all my interior decorations with my patriotic ones that will be up until Labor Day when my fall decorations go up.

 

[Kitty 34]

Ours hangs from our front porch spring thru fall. Love my flag.

 

[mrsstats79]

Yes I do. Various decorations

 

[georgina]

We put the US flag out for certain holidays, and an Irish flag for St Patrick's Day. Personally I am offended by the various alterations/desecrations of the flag like the thin blue line one.

 

[Colleen27]

Nope. I know myself well enough to know I'm not going to follow flag etiquette and I refuse to become just another of the performative patriots I see all around feeling superior to those who don't "stand with their country". I'm also, frankly, not willing to lump myself in with the type of people who do wrap themselves in the US flag in my community (literally, at times - stars-and-stripes clothing being a huge thing around here) without giving a single thought to the ideas of respect or responsibility that should accompany the flying of the flag. Because my town, especially around patriotic holidays, is a veritable "what not to do" with the US flag according to flag code; people around me do everything from flying ideological/candidate (one in particular) flags above the US flag, flying desecrated versions that are contradictory to the meaning of the real thing, and of course, leaving their flags out 24/7 until they're flying patriotic rags.

 

[porschegrl]

I do not display the flag, and I don't think it's common around here. But it could be that I just never noticed before, so I decided to count flags on my walk today.

I walked through neighborhoods with varying demographics. In addition to U.S. flags on standard poles, I counted things like a wooden flag door hanging (I don't think it had the correct number of stars and stripes, but I figure it's the thought that counts), a house flying an "honor and remember" flag but not a U.S. flag, a handheld-sized flag stuck into a planter on the porch, etc. At every intersection, I peered down the cross street to count any flags I could see. I did not count flags at non-residential buildings.

In 10 miles, I counted 55 flags, with about 20% of those in a 2- or 3-block stretch of a single neighborhood (not especially close to my own neighborhood).

 

[MamaBelle4]

Nope. I know myself well enough to know I'm not going to follow flag etiquette and I refuse to become just another of the performative patriots I see all around feeling superior to those who don't "stand with their country". I'm also, frankly, not willing to lump myself in with the type of people who do wrap themselves in the US flag in my community (literally, at times - stars-and-stripes clothing being a huge thing around here) without giving a single thought to the ideas of respect or responsibility that should accompany the flying of the flag. Because my town, especially around patriotic holidays, is a veritable "what not to do" with the US flag according to flag code; people around me do everything from flying ideological/candidate (one in particular) flags above the US flag, flying desecrated versions that are contradictory to the meaning of the real thing, and of course, leaving their flags out 24/7 until they're flying patriotic rags.

100% this.

Also, and I'm probably thinking way too much about it, but I don't know the best way to honor those who lost their lives, and I don't think anyone really does. We can't ask them.

Does a service member who lost his life that he was, essentially forced to give, at the age of 18 want his life honored by the flying of the flag? I'm speaking specifically about those who were drafted. I don't know and I'm not trying to be inflammatory.

We were at a chili cook off last weekend (my 11DD entered the youth portion) and they sang the national anthem. Why? I don't understand it. Why DO we fly our flags so much and play the anthem so much?

My dad is a Vietnam vet, mother's father Korean war vet and my father's father was a WWII vet. I am immensely proud of their service and sacrifice. But I don't think flying a flag or playing the anthem at a chili cook off honors that. No shade to those who choose to fly, just sharing my perspective.

 

[georgina]

There is a National Cemetery 5 minutes from my house, I walk by it several times a week. All Union Civil War dead. People were out today decorating each site with flags, I wondered if they collect them after a few days and reuse them in the following years; I know they don't stay there all summer.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

There is a National Cemetery 5 minutes from my house, I walk by it several times a week. All Union Civil War dead. People were out today decorating each site with flags, I wondered if they collect them after a few days and reuse them in the following years; I know they don't stay there all summer.

I can't speak for everyone everywhere, but when I decorate veterans' graves with the local VFW we collect many *many* tattered little flags from the graves and replace them with new ones. The old ones are given to the Boy Scouts to respectfully dispose of. I assume the new ones stay on the graves until they too are weathered and faded.

 

[OhioWDWDuo]

Yes- today, Independence Day, and Veterans Day.

 

[OKW8297]

No

 

[karen4546]

Yes. Been at half-mast the last few weeks.

 

[Buzz Rules]

100% this.

Also, and I'm probably thinking way too much about it, but I don't know the best way to honor those who lost their lives, and I don't think anyone really does. We can't ask them.

Does a service member who lost his life that he was, essentially forced to give, at the age of 18 want his life honored by the flying of the flag? I'm speaking specifically about those who were drafted. I don't know and I'm not trying to be inflammatory.

We were at a chili cook off last weekend (my 11DD entered the youth portion) and they sang the national anthem. Why? I don't understand it. Why DO we fly our flags so much and play the anthem so much?

My dad is a Vietnam vet, mother's father Korean war vet and my father's father was a WWII vet. I am immensely proud of their service and sacrifice. But I don't think flying a flag or playing the anthem at a chili cook off honors that. No shade to those who choose to fly, just sharing my perspective.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong. Playing the anthem everywhere like sporting events started during Cold War 1 in the 1950’s right?

 

[OKW8297]

No