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And, flags should be flown at half-staff (see alternative inside)
Girl Next Door 14345 reads
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If your flag is not designed to be flown at half-staff, you can attach a black ribbon or streamer to the top of the flag. The ribbon or streamer should be the same width as a stripe on the flag and the same length as the flag itself.

From http://www.snopes.com/rumors/tributes/flytheflag.asp :

An important piece of information missing from the e-mailed exhortation is that the President's Patriot Day proclamations call upon the American people to "display the flag at half-staff from their homes," as the occasion is a day of remembrance for honoring the dead.

Since many flags used for home display are not designed to be flown at half-staff, an accepted alternative should be employed by persons with such flags, such as attaching a black ribbon or streamer (the same width as a stripe on the flag and the same length as the flag itself) to the top of the flag.

-- Modified on 9/7/2007 5:29:06 PM

Related Link: Patriot Day 2007

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Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE forward this email immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also forward it. We have a little less than one week and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America.  If you forward this email to least 11 people and each of those people do the same...you get the idea.
 
THE PROGRAM IS THIS:
 
On Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this anniversary of our country's worst tragedy. We do this in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
 
In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds.
 
Action Plan: So, here's what we need you to do...
 
(1) Forward this email to everyone you know (at least 11 people).  Please don't be the one to break this chain. Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you.
 
(2) Fly an American flag of any size on 9/11.  
Honestly, Americans should fly the flag year-round, but if you don't, then at least make it a priority on this day.
 
Thank you for your participation.

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Girl Next Door14346 reads

If your flag is not designed to be flown at half-staff, you can attach a black ribbon or streamer to the top of the flag. The ribbon or streamer should be the same width as a stripe on the flag and the same length as the flag itself.

From http://www.snopes.com/rumors/tributes/flytheflag.asp :

An important piece of information missing from the e-mailed exhortation is that the President's Patriot Day proclamations call upon the American people to "display the flag at half-staff from their homes," as the occasion is a day of remembrance for honoring the dead.

Since many flags used for home display are not designed to be flown at half-staff, an accepted alternative should be employed by persons with such flags, such as attaching a black ribbon or streamer (the same width as a stripe on the flag and the same length as the flag itself) to the top of the flag.

-- Modified on 9/7/2007 5:29:06 PM

Related Link: Patriot Day 2007

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