# Continuous US Flag Display **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 31, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371 "2008-10-31T02:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/1 "2008-10-31T02:46:27Z")
Wikipedia has a list of where the American flag is on continual display. Most I can figure out why, but there are others I can’t - namely Mount Slover limestone quarry (Colton Liberty Flag), in Colton, California. Washington Camp Ground, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Thirteen Star Flag. The Worcester, Massachusetts war memorial The plaza in Taos, New Mexico The Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota. Why do these places get special rules for displaying the flag? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/2 "2008-10-31T03:00:12Z")
Nevermind The plaza in Taos, New Mexico and Washington Camp Ground, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Thirteen Star Flag. Found out why ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/3 "2008-10-31T03:09:16Z")
From the [American Flag Foundation](http://www.americanflagfoundation.org/_media/pdf/educationalresources/Flag_Etiquette.pdf): > [@](#): > > Q: Is it proper to fly the flag of the United States 24 hours a day? > > A: The Flag Code states it is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open. **However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.** (ref: Flag Code 6(a)) (bolding mine) At most Elks Lodges in the USA, the flag is displayed (and illuminated) 24 hours a day. There is no law against doing so, if desired. Anyone can do the same, as long as the illumination requirement is fulfilled. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/4 "2008-10-31T03:26:58Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > From the [American Flag Foundation](http://www.americanflagfoundation.org/_media/pdf/educationalresources/Flag_Etiquette.pdf): > At most Elks Lodges in the USA, the flag is displayed (and illuminated) 24 hours a day. There is no law against doing so, if desired. Anyone can do the same, as long as the illumination requirement is fulfilled. Note there is no law against having the flag out 24 hours a day and not illuminated either. The flag code is not law. It is considered disrespectful to the flag, however. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/5 "2008-10-31T03:37:46Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > Note there is no law against having the flag out 24 hours a day and not illuminated either. The flag code is not law. It is considered disrespectful to the flag, however. Actually, the flag code is indeed law. There aren’t any enforcement provisions however. > **[4 U.S. Code § 6 - Time and occasions for display](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/6)** ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/6 "2008-10-31T03:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The flag code is not law. Well, strictly speaking, it is law, but there are no penalties provided for violating it. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/7 "2008-10-31T04:22:53Z")
These are places the Congress has _explicitly_ allowed to fly a flag 24 hours. Why has Congress _specifically_ allowed these places to fly the flag continuously? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-us-flag-display/470371/8 "2008-10-31T05:07:04Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Nevermind The plaza in Taos, New Mexico and Washington Camp Ground, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Thirteen Star Flag. Found out why Care to share? I live about an hour from Taos, and pass by the plaza when I visit my knee doctor. It’d be interesting to know.