Imithetho efanelekileyo kunye nendlela yokuziphatha yokubhabha iflegi yaseMelika

Nantsi indlela yokunamathela ngokufanelekileyo kwikhowudi yeflegi yaseMelika xa ubhabha i-Old Glory ekhaya.

Ukubonisa iflegi yaseMelika yindlela entle yokubonisa uthando lwakho ngelizwe. Nangona kunjalo, isenzo sakho sokuthanda ilizwe singakhawuleza sibe sisenzo sokungahloniphi (ngaphandle kwenjongo) ukuba awuyazi imithetho ebalulekileyo. IKhowudi yeFlegi yaseMelika, eyasekwa yiCongress ngo-1942, inika izikhokelo zokuphatha olu phawu lwesizwe ngesidima.

Ungayibhabha iflegi yaseMelika yonke imihla, kodwa iKhowudi yeFlegi icebisa ngokukodwa ukuyibonisa ngeSuku loBukhosi, kunye nezinye iiholide ezinkulu ezifana neSuku loBukhosi, uSuku lwaBasebenzi kunye noSuku lwaMagqala.

Qaphela: Usuku lweSikhumbuzo lunendlela yalo yokuziphatha yeflegi. Iflegi yaseMelika kufuneka ibhajiswe kwisiqingatha semasti ukususela ekuphumeni kwelanga ukuya emini, ize iphakanyiswe ibe yimasti epheleleyo kulo lonke ixesha leeholide.

Hlaziya yonke imithetho yakho yokuziphatha yeflegi ngaphambi kwempelaveki yeSikhumbuzo ngokufunda indlela yokubhabha iinkwenkwezi kunye nemigca ngendlela eyiyo.

Kukho indlela elungileyo nengalunganga yokuxhoma iflegi yase-USA ngokuthe nkqo.

Musa ukuxhoma iflegi yakho ngasemva, ujonge ezantsi, okanye ngenye indlela engafanelekanga. Ukuba uxhoma iflegi yakho ngokuthe nkqo (njengokusuka efestileni okanye eludongeni), icandelo leManyano elineenkwenkwezi kufuneka liye ngasekhohlo komjongi. Ungaze uthobe iflegi yaseMelika kuye nabani na okanye nantoni na.

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Kuphephe ukuvumela iflegi yase-USA ichukumise umhlaba.

Khusela iflegi yakho yase-USA ekuchukumiseni umhlaba, umgangatho, okanye amanzi. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba uyilahle iflegi yakho ukuba itshayise ngengozi kwindlela yokuhamba, kodwa kufuneka uqiniseke ukuba ikwimeko entle ngaphambi kokuba uyibonise kwakhona.

Yazi umahluko phakathi kwesiqingatha sentonga kunye nesiqingatha semasti.

Kukho umahluko phakathi kwesiqingatha senduku kunye nesiqingatha senduku, nangona zisetyenziswa ngokutshintshana. Igama elithi “half-mast” libhekisa kwiflegi ebhabha kwimasti yenqanawa, ngelixa elithi “half-staff” libhekisa kwiiflegi ezibhabha emhlabeni.

Bhabhisa iFlegi yakho yaseMelika ngexesha elifanelekileyo.

Iflegi iphaphazelwa kwisiqingatha sentonga xa isizwe silila, njengaxa igosa likarhulumente lifile okanye xa kukhunjulwa, kunye nokusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga ukuya emini ngeMini yeSikhumbuzo. Xa uphaphazela iflegi kwisiqingatha sentonga, qala ngokuyiphakamisa iye encotsheni okomzuzwana uze uyihlise iye kwindawo yesiqingatha sentonga.

Isiqingatha sentonga sichazwa njengesiqingatha somgama ophakathi kwephezulu nezantsi kwepali yeflegi. Iflegi kufuneka iphakanyiswe kwakhona iye encotsheni ngaphambi kokuba yehliswe ngaloo mini.

Phaphamisa iflegi yaseMelika ebusuku kuphela xa ikhanyisiwe.

Ngokwesiko kufuneka ubonise iiflegi kuphela ukususela ekuphumeni kwelanga ukuya ekutshoneni kwalo, kodwa ungagcina iinkwenkwezi kunye nemigca ibhabha iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku ukuba ikhanyiswa kakuhle ngexesha lobumnyama.
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Musa ukuphaphazela iflegi yaseMelika xa lina.

Ukuba uqikelelo lwemozulu lufuna imozulu embi, akufuneki ubonise iflegi — ngaphandle kokuba yiflegi ehambelana nemozulu yonke. Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lweeflegi namhlanje zenziwe ngezinto ezihambelana nemozulu yonke, ezingafunxiyo njengenylon, itsho i-American Legion.

Soloko uphakamisa iflegi yase-USA ngaphezu kwezinye iiflegi.

Oko kuquka iiflegi zelizwe nezesixeko. Ukuba kufuneka zibe kumgangatho ofanayo (oko kukuthi, uzixhoma ngokuthe nkqo endlwini okanye everanda), beka iflegi yaseMelika ngasekhohlo. Soloko uphakamisa iflegi yaseMelika kuqala uze uyithobe ekugqibeleni.

Bhabhisa iFlegi yaseMelika kuphela xa ikwimeko entle.

Nokuba uyinyamekela kakuhle kangakanani i-Old Glory, ngamanye amaxesha ukwaluphala kuyayitshabalalisa iflegi. Iiflegi ezintsha ezenziwe ngezinto zokwenziwa zinokuhlanjwa ngomatshini ngamanzi abandayo ngesepha ethambileyo, zize zome.

Iiflegi ezindala nezibuthathaka kufuneka zihlanjwe ngesandla kusetyenziswa iWoolite okanye imveliso efanayo. Iinyembezi ezincinci zingalungiswa ngesandla, logama nje ukuguguleka kungabonakali kakuhle xa iflegi iboniswa. Iiflegi ezigugileyo, ezikrazukileyo, okanye eziphelelwe lixesha kufuneka zilahlwe ngokufanelekileyo.

Lahla iflegi endala yaseMelika ye-Outdoor ngendlela enentlonelo.

IKhowudi yeFlegi yeFederal ithi iiflegi ezingasebenziyo mazitshiswe ngendlela enentlonelo, kodwa zenze oko ngobulumko ukuze abantu bangachazi kakuhle iinjongo zakho. Ukuba akukho mthethweni ukutshisa izinto ezenziweyo kwilizwe lakho okanye uziva ungakhululekanga ukwenza njalo, nxibelelana neposi yakho yasekuhlaleni yaseMelika Legion ukuze ufumane ukuba banemibhiyozo yokulahla iiflegi, edla ngokwenzeka ngeMini yeFlegi, nge-14 kaJuni. Amajoni eScout asekuhlaleni lolunye ubutyebi bokulahla iflegi yakho ethathe umhlala-phantsi ngendlela enesidima nentlonelo.

Songa iflegi yakho yase-USA ukuze uyibeke ngaphandle ngaphambi kokuba uyigcine.

Iflegi yaseMelika idla ngokugotywa ngendlela ethile, kodwa siyaqinisekisa ukuba kulula kunokugoba iphepha elifakelweyo. Xa kufuneka ugcine iflegi yakho, thatha omnye umntu oza kukunceda. Qala ngokuyibamba ihambelana nomhlaba nomnye umntu, uze ugobe imivimbo engezantsi ngobude phezu kwe-Union, ugcine imiphetho yeflegi icocekile kwaye ithe tye. Yigobe ngobude kwakhona, ugcine i-Union eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngaphandle.

Ngoku yenza ugobe olunxantathu ngokuzisa ikona enemigca yomphetho osongiweyo kumphetho ovulekileyo weflegi, uze ujike indawo engaphandle ihambelane nomphetho ovulekileyo ukuze wenze unxantathu wesibini. Qhubeka usenza ugobe olunxantathu de yonke iflegi isongwe ibe ngunxantathu omnye weenkwenkwezi eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nezimhlophe.

Yeka impahla nezinto ezineeflegi zaseMelika.

Nangona eli candelo leKhowudi yeFlegi lingagcinwa rhoqo, izikhokelo zicebisa ukuba kungasetyenziswa iflegi kwiimpahla, kwiimpahla, kwiiyunifomu zemidlalo, kwiibhedi, kwiikhushini, kwiitshefu, kwezinye izinto zokuhombisa, nakwizinto ezisetyenziswa okwethutyana ezifana neenapkin zephepha kunye neebhokisi. Ivumela iiphini zeflegi ezinxitywa phezu kwelapel yasekhohlo kunye neeflegi kwiiyunifomu zomkhosi nezomntu ophendula kuqala.

Nangona kunjalo, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yagweba ngo-1984 kwityala laseTexas v. Johnson ukuba urhulumente akanakunyanzelisa imithetho yokukhusela iflegi, ngoko awuyi kubanjwa ngokunxiba iT-shirt yeflegi yaseMelika. Yenza nantoni na evakalelwa kukuba ihloniphekile kwaye ifanelekile kuwe.

Ziphephe ezi mpazamo ziqhelekileyo zeflegi yase-USA.

Ngaphandle kokunxiba impahla egqunywe yiflegi, kukho ezinye izinto ezimbalwa ezichasene nomthetho weflegi onokuziphepha ngokulula. Uninzi lwazo luphathelele ukubekwa kweflegi — iflegi akufuneki ichukumise nantoni na engaphantsi kwayo ngelixa ibhabha, akufuneki isetyenziswe njengesigqubuthelo sesilingi, kwaye akufuneki ubeke nantoni na kwiflegi (njengophawu, uphawu, unobumba, igama, umfanekiso, uyilo, umfanekiso, okanye umzobo walo naluphi na uhlobo).