FLAGS AT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

FLAGS AT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

FLAGS AT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

No records are found for the first time the flag was flying over the east and west fronts of the Capitol. Old engravings and lithographs in the office of the Architect of the Capitol show flags flying on either side of the original dome down corridors connecting the areas now known as Statuary Hall and the Old Senate Chamber.

After adding the new House of Representatives and the Senate on the wings of the 1850s, even before the great dome was completed in 1863, photographs of the period show flags flying over every new wing and the middle-east and fronts to the west.

The custom of flying the flags 24 hours a day in the east and west began during World War I. This was in response to requests received from around the country asking that the flag of the United States be flown continuously in buildings public in Washington, DC.

East and West in front of tickets, which are 8 x 12 feet, will be replaced when worn out and unfit for further use. Before machine-made flags, individuals hired by the Congress handsew These tickets.


Presidential proclamations and laws authorize the banner display for 24 hours a day in the following points:

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland (Presidential Proclamation No. 2795 July 2, 1948).

Flag House Square, Albemarle and Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland (Public Law 83-319, approved March 26, 1954).

United States Marine Corp Memorial (Iwo Jima), Arlington, Virginia (Presidential Declaration No. 3418, June 12, 1961).

In the town green in Lexington, Massachusetts (Public Law 89-335, approved November 8, 1965).

The White House, Washington, DC. (Presidential Declaration No. 4000, September 4, 1970).

Washington Monument, Washington, DC. (Presidential Proclamation No. 4064 July 6, 1971, effective July 4, 1971).

Fifty flags of the United States are displayed continuously Washington Monument. U.S. customs at border crossings, which are continuously open (Presidential Statement No. 413 1, 5 May 1972).

Reasons for National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Public Law 94-53, approved July 4.1975).

In many other places in the night mode flag in patriotic gesture.

HOW TO GET TICKETS flew CAPITOL

Components can be arrange to purchase flags that were taken at the Capitol in touch with your senators or representatives. A certificate signed by the Architect of the Capitol accompanies each flag. The flags are available in sizes 3 "x 5 'and 5' x 8 'in fabrics of cotton and nylon.