Regulations for the proper display of flags are in part 47 of the Administrative Support Manual (ASM). We have reprinted these sections of the ASM so Postmasters can ensure that the American flag, the Postal Service™ flag, and the MIA-POW f47 flag are properly displayed. To read all of the regulations concerning the display of…
A Rochester, NY, postal employee is receiving praise on social media after he was photographed saluting the flag while making deliveries recently. City Carrier Assistant Robert Franklin was finishing his Sunday deliveries when he saw a customer raising an American flag outside his home. After asking if he needed assistance, Franklin, a U.S. Army veteran,…
By Alyssa Martin – July 26, 2016 An American flag, lit on fire and burned in broad daylight. Now investigators are looking for who did it and residents are left stunned. It happened in Hillsboro at the post office last Wednesday. “I think it’s pretty bad that someone would stoop to that level,” said a…
The Postal Service reminds Postmasters and other managers to regularly inspect the U.S. flags flown at their facilities to make sure they’re serviceable and displayed with respect. The flag must never be displayed with the union down except as a signal of dire distress. Additionally, the flag must never be used as drapery, festooned or…
May 17, 2015 UNICOI, Tenn. – When an ambulance crew in Unicoi County heard that locals were concerned about the state of the American flag flying outside of the Unicoi post office, they decided to do something about it. When the Medic One Medical Response team arrived, the flag was in tatters. Postal service employees…
By Jocelyn Lockwood – May 6, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service calls an American flag found flying upside down at a Dallas post office an “unfortunate mishap.” NBC 5 viewer Rick Yarber said he noticed the flag upside down Wednesday morning just before the post office on South Cockrell Hill Road opened. “Oh, it made…
