[quote name='ffemtwakeman' date='11 November 2009 - 12:02 PM' timestamp='1257957735' post='347026']
I have heard it both ways, so I supose it's all in how you interpret the flag code. I always heard, and read, that the field of stars never retreats, that is why the flag on the right is "backwards" to some with the field of stars in the upper right and not the upper left. I was told by a friend in the military that this only applies to military units in a time of war, but I have never read anything backing this up. You will see some subway cars with the flag on it as well, but because those run in both directions the field of stars is always in the upper left. Here is a website titled [url="http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html"]Flag Rules and Regulations[/url] that may clear some things up, but doesn't state how a decal should be displayed on a vehicle or for that matter how a patch should be work on the right shoulder.
Just found this site that talks about uniform patches and decals and paintings on vehicles.
[url="http://www.americanflags.org/docs/etiquette.jsp?pageId=0690200091781119362386970"]National Flag Foundation[/url]
[/quote]Thanks!
The second link was very help and answered my question. Makes sense now!
I have heard it both ways, so I supose it's all in how you interpret the flag code. I always heard, and read, that the field of stars never retreats, that is why the flag on the right is "backwards" to some with the field of stars in the upper right and not the upper left. I was told by a friend in the military that this only applies to military units in a time of war, but I have never read anything backing this up. You will see some subway cars with the flag on it as well, but because those run in both directions the field of stars is always in the upper left. Here is a website titled [url="http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html"]Flag Rules and Regulations[/url] that may clear some things up, but doesn't state how a decal should be displayed on a vehicle or for that matter how a patch should be work on the right shoulder.
Just found this site that talks about uniform patches and decals and paintings on vehicles.
[url="http://www.americanflags.org/docs/etiquette.jsp?pageId=0690200091781119362386970"]National Flag Foundation[/url]
[/quote]Thanks!
The second link was very help and answered my question. Makes sense now!
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