OFFICIALS ORDER REMOVAL OF INCORRECTLY HUNG FLAGS AT TREASURY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On June 2, 1923, The Evening Star reports "flags that had draped the columns of the Treasury Department Building" here in the Nation's Capital were removed after local patriotic organizations criticized the "erroneous" use of the flag.
The flags, part of decorations in honor of Shrine Week, were "hung...in the position reserved for the covering of bodies of the soldier dead." The stars of the flags, according to regulations*, should "hang at the observer's left."
Treasury officials stated the columns "should not be covered with adornments."
*The United States National Flag Code was created in 1923 & became law in 1942.
SOURCES
"Do's and Don'ts for Display of Old Glory," by Susan H. Lawson, July 1, 2019, www.defense.gov/
U.S. Department of Defense, "Flags Removed From Treasury After Criticism of Positions," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
