Section GOV.04.05 — Respect For Flag

(a) No disrespect shall be shown to the Stockbridge-Munsee Flag, the United States flag or the flags of any other country, Indian Tribe, state or locality.

(b) During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the Stockbridge-Munsee Flag or when the Stockbridge-Munsee Flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present shall face the flag and stand at attention.

(c) The Stockbridge-Munsee flag and the United States flag shall not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, state flags, and organizational or institutional flags shall be dipped as a mark of honor.

(d) The Stockbridge-Munsee Flag shall never be displayed upside down.

(e) The Stockbridge-Munsee flag shall never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, or water.

(f) The Stockbridge-Munsee flag shall never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

(g) The Stockbridge-Munsee flag shall never be draped, drawn back, tied up, folded but always allowed to fall free.

(h) The Stockbridge-Munsee flag shall never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.

(i) The Stockbridge-Munsee flag shall never be used as a covering for a ceiling.

(j) The Stockbridge-Munsee Flag shall never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature besides the Stockbridge-Munsee Flag's design.

(k) The Stockbridge-Munsee Flag shall never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.

(l) The Stockbridge-Munsee Flag, when it is in such a condition considered no longer a fitting emblem for display, shall be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning, then burying the ashes.