4 USC 9 - Sec. 9. Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag

4 USC - U.S. Code - Title 4: Flag and Seal, Seat Of Government,and the States (January 2004)


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During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present except those in uniform should face the flag and stand at attention with the right hand over the heart.

Those present in uniform should render the military salute.

When not in uniform, men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart.

Aliens should stand at attention.

The salute to the flag in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes.


Historical And Revision Notes

Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section

9 36:177. June 22, 1942, ch. 435, Sec. 5, 56 Stat. 380; Dec. 22, 1942, ch. 806, Sec. 5, 56 Stat. 1077; July 7, 1976, Pub. L. 94-344, (17), 90 Stat. 812.

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