How to display the Flag

• When carried in a procession with other flags, the Flag should be on the marching right or in front of the center of the line.
• When displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, the Flag should be on its own right (the observer’s left), with its staff in front of the other.
• When flown with the flags of States, cities, or organizations on the same halyard, the Flag of the United States should always be at the peak; on adjacent staffs, it should be hoisted first and lowered last.
• No other flag may be placed above the Flag of the United States, or to its right. When displayed with the flag of another nation, the flags should be of equal size, flown from separate staffs of equal height.
• When displayed flat or hung vertically against a wall, the union (the field of stars) is always uppermost and to the Flag’s own right, the observer’s left.
• When displayed over a street, the union should face north on an east-west street, or east on a north-south street.
• When used to cover a casket, the union is placed at the head and over the left shoulder. The Flag is never lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
• The Flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.