There have been many people who have complained about my use of an upside down flag on my page. It is the proper signal for the subject for more info please read the bottom of the page for the US Code that deals with this subject.
We Have NOT Forgotten You
Please help keep the memory alive by passing on this Eternal Flame
There are over 2,000 American Sevicemen and Servicewomen
who have NOT been returned from Vietnam.
Many of whom are KNOWN to be ALIVE today.
The American public at large seems to have forgotten this.
The only way to bring back the memory is to remind people of this problem.
Please help me reach my goal of 1 Million hits by the end of the year.
Please do this by passing this page on to all of your friends.
Let's keep this flame burning and bring ALL of the American Heroes Home.
"They Belong to be Walking On or Planted In,
AMERICAN SOIL, NOTHING LESS!"
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This site won this on award on 10-June-99 and I am honored to be able to display it on my page!
"Dear Matthew,
I have given my Thin Red Line Award to very few Vietnam web sites, but I find your site " The Eternal Flame " one of the most deserving site's I have ever given the award to. You have made a wonderful tribute to these fallen heroes
Your Aye,
Martin"
UNITED STATES CODE
36 USC Sec. 176 01/16/96
TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 10 - PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS
Sec. 176. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) 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.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Please click the burning arrow to visit my homepage.
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