Flag Ceremony
What is the first thing the leader of the flag ceremony says to the audience?
Will the audience please rise.
The name given to those in uniform who carry and present the flag
What is The Color Guard?
True or False: It is never OK to fly a flag upside down.
FALSE. It is OK when you are in distress or danger
These represent the original 13 colonies.
What are the stripes on the flag?
The proper pace to raise and lower the flag.
What is raise it fast, and slowly lower it down?
True or False: You can carry the flag during a flag ceremony even if you are not in uniform.
False.
Writer of the Star Spangled Banner.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
These are represented by the stars on the flag.
What are the 50 states?
It is what we call the blue part of the flag.
What is the Union?
How does a scout stand at attention?
Stand tall with straight legs, attention forward.
When is a flag draped over a casket?
For those who have served in the military.
True or False: The flag should be flown at half staff if the United States mens basketball loses in the olympics.
False. Flags may be flown at half staff to show sorrow and mourning following a national tragedy, the death of a president or other national or state figure, or to honor those who have sacrificed their lives for their country.
True or False: The US flag should never touch the ground.
True. You should take care to never let the flag touch the ground, but you do not need to retire a flag if it has touched the ground.
How is a flag "retired"?
Burning in a respectful ceremony after the flag becomes no longer presentable.
How do you salute the flag while in uniform?
Raise two fingers of the right hand to your cub scout cap or right eyebrow.
Who can order a flag at half mast?
President, governor, or mayor of Washington DC.
True or False: The proper way to display a flag at half staff is to hoist it to the top of the pole, hold for an instant, and then lower it.
True.
Why does the flag on a military uniform show the union (blue part of the flag) always in front?
The flag should show that the union is always advancing and never retreating.
What does the white color in the flag symbolize?
Purity and Innocence.
What is the command given to stop saluting?
two.
Our 34th president, who also established Flag Day, established rules for the size of flags, clarified how and when to fly a flag at half-staff, and approved our most recent flag design.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
True or False: When properly displayed, the United States flag will appear to be to the left of other state flags.
What is true? The US flag should be on its own right, which will look like it is on the left when an audience is looking at it.
True or False: The flag represents a living country and is considered to be a living thing.
What is true?
How many folds are made when folding the American flag.
13?