Stosh 3452 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Does the Texas state flag need to be present for the pledge? Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4342 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Not to get totally off topic, but yeah, the pledge is below. Also there are a whole slew of ways to display the flag in concert with the US flag. It's a big deal down hear. Of course, yes it is true, everything is bigger in Texas. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/flagpledge.html Last time I checked, TX is part of my country. So, if there's a pledge to be said while I'm on its soil, I'll gladly say it, if I can recall it. Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4342 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yeah, like those huge flags that they improperly and against US Flag Code display horizontally over the football field that get folded back into one huge triangle? Yeah right. They may be ignorant about displaying the flag, but by default whatever they do the flag will be folded appropriately. ... Doesn't seem like the code was written with "monster flags" in mind. I'd ask POTUS for and executive order as a stop-gap, until some amendment could be passed, but that goes against my rule #1! Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Maybe they don't have anything like that because the ruling to not display it horizontally overrides it. The Code explicitly says over and over again, "so that the flag flies free". The Flag is just a flag, but it also has to fly free over a free people to complete the symbolism. Link to post Share on other sites
walk in the woods 888 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Not to get totally off topic, but yeah, the pledge is below. Also there are a whole slew of ways to display the flag in concert with the US flag. It's a big deal down hear. Of course, yes it is true, everything is bigger in Texas. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/flagpledge.html Sweet. We used to have one of these in Illinois but the names of the political bosses kept changing so often it was too hard to keep up . Link to post Share on other sites
Krampus 696 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Does the Texas state flag need to be present for the pledge? Yes. Usually you will find the US flag stage right, the Texas and unit flags stage left. Flags come in with the US flag in front, Texas flag and then unit flag. US flag last to be posted, first taken up. US pledge first, then Texas pledge. Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yes. Usually you will find the US flag stage right, the Texas and unit flags stage left. Flags come in with the US flag in front, Texas flag and then unit flag. US flag last to be posted, first taken up. US pledge first, then Texas pledge. According to US Flag Code and BSA Handbook, US Flag first in, state and unit flag together behind it in a second line. They came to me and asked this question for the Memorial Day parade this past year. I told them what was correct because the flag line was a total disaster. I said ONE US Flag by itself walks down the centerline of the street. ONE STATE flag in the second line and then all the unit flags in line with the state flag. That line extended shoulder to shoulder all the way across the street. Patrol and Den flags were with the individual units that followed. It looked really impressive over the rag-tag option they had been following. It really show-cased the US Flag Link to post Share on other sites
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