{"id":1310665,"date":"2019-05-24T18:14:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T00:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=979059"},"modified":"2019-05-24T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T00:14:21","slug":"watch-memorial-day-flag-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/watch-memorial-day-flag-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Memorial Day flag etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/how-ti-raise-a-flag-1024x699.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"how to raise the flag\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/how-ti-raise-a-flag-1024x699.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/how-ti-raise-a-flag-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/how-ti-raise-a-flag-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/how-ti-raise-a-flag.png 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Seventh grade Grand Valley Middle School students Brooklynn Mellius and Hannah Shaffer raise the school&#8217;s U.S. and Colorado flags on Thursday morning.<\/strong><br \/><em>Natuza Olen \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just in time for Memorial Day, here are some tips on how to properly raise and lower the U.S. flag with Battlement Mesa\u2019s Grand Valley Middle School students, and members of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), Brooklynn and Hannah.<\/p>\n<div class=\"swift-infobox\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"module module-promo card shadow-sm\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>Hoisting and Lowering the Flag<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Always carry the flag respectfully<\/li>\n<li>Keep it from touching the ground at all times<\/li>\n<li>Raise it before and taller than any other flags<\/li>\n<li>Raise the flag quickly and lower it slowly<\/li>\n<li>Salute the flag appropriately while being raised and lowered<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">If flying at half staff, raise it to the top then lower it&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Display the flag between sunrise and sunset, or make sure it\u2019s illuminated at night<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Fold the flag correctly before storing it<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">On Memorial Day, fly the flag at half staff until noon,&nbsp;and at full staff from noon to sunset<\/li>\n<li>If displaying in a window or on a wall, hang the flag either horizontally or vertically with the union (blue field) to the observer\u2019s upper left<\/li>\n<li>If using a wall mount, follow the same etiquette regarding daytime display only, unless illuminated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Special thanks to Grand Valley Middle School Counselor Michelle Paine, and Post Independent readers Linda and Mark Schuemaker, of Glenwood Springs, who suggested this topic via a letter to the editor.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a content suggestion&nbsp;for the Post Independent, please submit us a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"letter to the editor (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/contribute\/letter-to-the-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\">letter to the editor<\/a> or a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"news tip (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/contribute\/news-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">news tip<\/a>. Or send us an email at: <a href=\"mailto:letters@postindependent.com\">letters@postindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/watch-memorial-day-flag-etiquette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh grade Grand Valley Middle School students Brooklynn Mellius and Hannah Shaffer raise the school&#8217;s U.S. and Colorado flags on Thursday morning.Natuza Olen \/ Post Independent Just in time for Memorial Day, here are some tips on how to properly raise and lower the U.S. flag with Battlement Mesa\u2019s Grand Valley Middle School students, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 00:00:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}