All This Just for a Flag

[DaveMatteson]

Originally Posted by Scimitar

Sorry, just like to learn...

So, for a ceremony like this they would normally use a flag that was flown over the white house, giving it greater honour?

However I digress....the lip readers say she said "I wonder if they flew that flag", but I fail to understand how it has context with the situation.

Never the less, I don't get the feeling that Barry and co are as anti as the Clinton clan was / is to tradition etc. However now I think about it, that's not saying much.

S

Traditionally a Capitol flown flag has been used to cover the caskets of military members and can be requested by Law Enforcement Officials. A bill is currently in the works "The Fallen Heroes Flag Act".

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2010 - Allows the Representative of the immediate family of a deceased fire fighter, law enforcement officer, emergency technician, or other rescue worker who died in the line of duty to provide the family, at their request, with a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative providing the flag, which contains an expression of sympathy for the family.