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The American flag is raised at exactly 0800 in the morning due to a regulation set in 1870 by Article 1206 of Navy Regulations. This practice is referred to as morning colors.
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What flag is raised first the American flag or you battalion flag?
American flag
What song is played when the American Flag is raised?
When the American Flag is raised, the National Anthem or To the Color.
When displaying the flag at night must it be illuminated?
Flags are supposed to be lowered at night. You generally raise the flag at colours (0800) and lower them at sunset. If 0800 is before dawn, you raise the flag at 0800, lower it immediately, then raise the flag again at dawn.
What time is the American Flag raised?
Raised at the beginning of the day; lowered at the end of it, ideally before sunset.
Is sunrise astronomical time for raising the flag in the morning or when you can see the sun?
The answer would depend on who is flying the flag, and which flag. In US military tradition, the American flag is raised at 8 AM (or, the beginning of normal working hours, when different) and is lowered at sunset. There are MANY exceptions. For example, the flag may be flown 24 hours per day if it is illuminated.
When was the American flag raised on Iwo Jima?
February 23, 1945 dude
In what war where they in when they raised an American flag in Iwo Jima?
the Second World War
When do you salute the US flag?
You salute the national ensign during morning colors at 0800 (raising the flag), evening colors (lowering the flag) at sunset or durind heavy weather, when walking aboard a cutter or ship at the apex of the brow, when leaving a cutter or ship, and during the national anthom.
When is the olympic flag raised and lowered?
the flag is raised and lowered when you first walk in the flag is raised and lowered when you first walk in
How do you take down a flag?
The flag is raised quickly and lowered slowly. Do not let the flag touch the ground. The American flag should be folded in a triangle with the stars visible between uses.
What historic Maryland fort was the first fifty star American flag raised in 1960?
McHenry
Where is there an American flag which is never lowered never raised and never saluted?
On the moon, left by the astronauts.
