How Well Do You Know Your Flag?
(Check your answers in the box at the bottom of the page.)
True or False: The flag flying over Francis Scott Key's grave flies night and
day and is lowered only when it needs replacing.
The word "flag" comes from which old Anglo-Saxon word?
- meaning woven from flax
- meaning to float in the wind
- meaning to whip
- meaning a knight's banner
What do the stars on the blue field represent in our flag?
The flag was first added to the Scout uniform
a) to clelbrate the nation's bicentennial
b) because many other nations used their flags on Scout uniforms
c) because the Flag Heritage Foundation asked tat it be added
d) to identify U.S. Scouts at foreign encampments
True or False: The U.S. flag may be carried flat if there are enought
participants to make certain that it doesn't tough the ground.
What does it mean when the flag is not flying over the white House?
Can the flag be washed or dry-cleaned?
How many stripes are on the flag and what do they stand for?
The flag is raised:
c) at any speed that is comfortable
True of False: If you carried the flag in a parade before the President of the
United States, you would dip the flag in salute to the President as you walked
True or False: The flag must never be lowered no matter how bad the weather
True or False: The flag is never allowed to fly after daylight hours anywhere
in the world.
True or False: When the flag is carried in parades or other occasions, it is
escorted by an honor guard.
The flag's honor guard walks:
a) on the flag's right
b) just behind the flag
c) on either side of the flag
True or False: If you are a Cub Scout, Scout or Venture you always give the
cub Scout, Scout or Venture salute to the flag whether or not you are in
True or False: When you carry the flag in a parade with other flags, the U.S.
Flag must go on the left of and in line with the other flags.
True or False: When the flag is hung against the wall, the stars are placed in
the upper left corner (as you look at it) when the striped are horizontal, but
in the upper tight corner when the striped are vertical.
True or False: The only time a flag is flown upside down is as a signal for