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American flag etiquette #1:  Folding
Fold the flag in half width-wise twice. Fold up a triangle, starting at the striped end ... and repeat ... until only the end of the union (star end) is exposed. Then fold down the square into a triangle and tuck inside the folds.

American flag etiquette #2:  Hanging
Whether hanging vertically, or horizontally, the union should always be in the upper left corner (to the viewer).

American flag etiquette #3:  Street display
When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.

American flag etiquette #4:  Half-staff
The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.

American flag etiquette #5:  Flying flags together
When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the right of the flag of the United States.

American flag etiquette #6:  Sidewalk display
When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the building.

American flag etiquette #7:  Mounted staff
When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.

American flag etiquette #8:  Caskets
When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.

American Flag Etiquette #9:  Marching
That the flag, when carried in a procession with another flag, or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.

American flag etiquette #10:  International flags
When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.

Hopefully these American flag etiquette tips have helped you with your American flag etiquette queries.  Again, American flag etiquette is very important.  A true American will know and respect American flag etiquette.