Display with Other Flags

Display with Other Flags

History of the flag	Desecration
Pledge to the State Flag	Display with Other Flags
Flag Designer	During Mourning Periods
Description of Care	Use on Boats
Retirement Ceremony	County Formation Dates
Proper Display	Order of States' Admission
Story of the Flag

4.01

When the Arkansas Flag is displayed within the State of Arkansas, it should occupy the position of honor (to the observer's left) after the U.S. Flag and the flags of any other nation, and before the flags of other states, Arkansas counties, municipalities, and public and private organizations. 

The positions of honor in a display of flags are:

• U.S. Flag in the position of highest honor (the observer's extreme left or the highest point in a grouping of flags).
• Flag or flags of other nations ranked in alphabetical order.
• Arkansas Flag.
• Flags of other states, ranked in an order determined by the respective state's date of admission to the Union. In national events or ceremonies honoring the nation or the U.S. Flag, the Arkansas Flag may occupy the twenty-fifth position among the flags of the states in recognition of its rank as the twenty-fifth state to join the union.
• Flags of Arkansas counties with the host county in the position of honor to the left (the observer's right) of 'the Arkansas Flag, followed by the other-county flags ranked in an order determined by a county's date of creation.
• Flags of Arkansas municipalities, and the flags or pennants of public and private agencies, institutions, and societies ranked in an order determined at the discretion of the organizers of the particular event.

4.02

When the U.S. Flag and Arkansas Flag are flown from a single flagstaff, the U.S. Flag should be displayed from the peak position with the Arkansas Flag immediately below it. The Arkansas Flag should be approximately the same size as, but never larger than, the U. S. Flag.

4.03

When the Arkansas Flag and the U.S. Flag are displayed on separate flagpoles, the flagpoles should be of equal height and the Arkansas Flag should be approximately the same size a s, but never larger than, the U.S. Flag. The U.S. Flag should be flown from the position of honor on the Arkansas Flag's right, or, from the flagpole on the left as normally viewed by the observer. The Arkansas flag should be flown from the second position of honor, or from the flagpole on the right as normally viewed by the observer.

4.04

At an Arkansas facility located in another state, the flag of the host state may be flown on an adjacent staff of equal height. The Arkansas Flag and the flag of the host state should be approximately the same size, and the Arkansas Flag should be flown in the position of honor ( to the observer's left) after the U.S. Flag. When the Arkansas Flag is flown with the U.S. Flag and the flag of another state at such a facility, the proper order from the observer's left is the U.S. Flag, the Arkansas Flag, and the flag of the host state.

4.05

The U.S. Flag displayed from a staff either on a speaker's platform or at floor level in a public auditorium should occupy the position of honor on the speaker's right as the speaker faces the audience. The Arkansas Flag displayed from a staff either on a speaker’s platform or on the main floor of a public auditorium should be placed in the second position of honor to the left (the observer's right) of the U.S. Flag. Both the U.S. and the Arkansas Flags may be to the speaker's right (the observers left), or the Arkansas Flag (but not the U.S. Flag) may be to the speaker's left (observer's right).

4.06

When the Arkansas Flag and U.S. Flag, are displayed from separate staffs grouped around a central point, the U.S. Flag should be at the highest point of the group. The Arkansas Flag takes the next place of honor (on the observer's extreme left).

4.07

When displayed with the Arkansas Flag from crossed staffs, the U.S. Flag should be on the observers left and its staff should be in front of the Arkansas Flag's staff.

4.08

When carried in a procession with the Arkansas Flag and other flags, the U.S. Flag should be on the marching right (the observer's left) with the Arkansas Flag taking the next position of honor (to 'the observer’s right). The U.S. Flag can also be carried in front of and at the center of a line of flags in a procession, in which case the Arkansas Flag should take the next position of honor on 'the marching right (the observer's left) of the line.

4.09

When the U.S. and Arkansas Flags are flown from a cross staff, the U.S. Flag flies from the peak and the Arkansas Flag occupies the position on the right end of the cross staff (the observer's left).

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