Our 48 Star Flag Flying For The Fourth
We moved in right before 4th of July last year, but I don't think we had time (or the wherewithal) to put out a flag to mark our country's birthday. This year, however, was a different story. You can see that I put out our Old Glory, draped from the front porch top railing. This is the same 48 Star Flag that I bought at an Elmhurst Estate Sale back a few Summers . It came with weights on the bottom of it, so in it's past life, it was clearly hung in this vertical orientation. But, turns out, there's a 'right way' to hang a vertical flag. See here in this earlier post that I hung the flag with the field of 48 stars in the top right . According to this post , the proper way is to have the Union to the flag's own right and to the observer's left. Hence, why I posted it the way I did this year on the porch. We have a really nice wraparound porch and I think it deserves a nice flag. I have a pole, but the issue is that the loc...