SultanOfSwing

Can confirm. There's a car dealership in Madison, WI that has the biggest flag I have ever seen flying over it.

Also, a Popeye's out by me has a huge one too.

mrken30

Both are after your money

SultanOfSwing

The American dream

RoadWarriorFromLP

State flags and other banners should be below the US flag. But the flags of other nations should be flown at the same level.

I'm not a stickler for flag etiquette, but I have to admit that it annoyed me to see at the D-Day Museum in Bayeux that the French flag was being flown above the flags of the other nations. At least from a US perspective, that would suggest that the French believe that they are superior to the US, UK, Canada, Poland, etc., although I understand that was probably not the case and that their intention was to express some gratitude for those who liberated them.

mrken30

If it wasn't for French assistance the US may not have obtained independence. So maybe that's how they feel.

robin1234

Car dealership you have a choice though

lansbury

But isn't precisely what they think. They are after all French.

Teckelspass

I don't get this either. In my first year here, I went to an event where little flags were handed out. I kept my one for a while in my room in an apartment I shared with 2 others at the time. After doing a spring clean of my room one day, I put it in the waste bin. My apartment cohabitants nearly freaked out when they saw it....well that may be a slight overstatement but they were genuinely perturbed about it. I think it must just be instilled from a young age.

Anian

The French flag was flown above other countries flags because it was in France, at a museum about an event in France. I think that only the US has a special code for the treatment of flags outside the military, so it would be weird to think everyone else should uphold it.

SultanOfSwing

We pick up those mini flags at events all the time. I'm sure more than one of them has ended up in a bin somewhere, or at the very least under a bed or attacked by the cat. It's no big deal.

dc koop

There's the story of the old D-Day vet who arrived in Normandy for the D-Day landing anniversary. The French customs officer waited impatiently as the old vet fumbled in his coat pockets looking for his passport.
Exasperated he said to the vet "Are you sure you have your passport with you M'sieu? You cannot enter France without a passport"

The old vet replied "Yes I'm well aware of that but when I arrived here last time nobody asked me for one on that day"

Marc_ely

There was recently a post on Nextdoor (facebook for nosey old farts) from someone that wanted to dispose of his flag properly. I thought he was taking the mick until I read the responses of what a fine upstanding citizen he is etc... weird, it's just a piece of mass produced cloth or plastic ffs.

dc koop

Anyone who wants to dispose of an old worn out flag can take it to a VFW center where it will be disposed of properly and with respect.

kodokan

What do they actually do with them, if they can't chuck them out or burn them? I'm curious now as to the actual disposal method.

SultanOfSwing

Or you could just throw it in the bin. It's not like the world will come to an end or anything.