This policy will bring consistency and simplicity to the display of flags throughout the department, which now has a singular ...

Darchei Noam, a synagogue in nearby Ambler, said in a statement on Facebook that the flag display was an “abhorrent act of hate” and suggested it was raised last weekend to coincide with ...

The U.S. flag code says American flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire distress,” but free speech protections prevent prosecution.

The flag code, which regulates how private citizens should use and display the American flag, became federal law in 1942. It says, in part, that “the flag should never be displayed with the ...