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LennyD 09-25-2007 03:58 AM

Werner flying 3 flags
 
... and you can guess which 3, all flying at equal height!

Cruising by their HQ in Southwest Omaha last night on my way home.

Did I really just see that?

If we've come this far, we might as well throw a Chinese flag up there too.

Sheepdancer 09-25-2007 04:04 AM

Honestly, im suprised that the Chinese flag isnt up there. Werner does have a corporate office in China.
They have all four flags on their website...US, Canada, Mexico and China.

marcel27208 09-25-2007 04:24 AM

new zealand, russia, and peoples republic of congo???

Rev.Vassago 09-25-2007 05:06 AM


Originally Posted by marcel27208
new zealand, russia, and peoples republic of congo???

JB Hunt, CR England and Prime????

Malaki86 09-25-2007 07:10 AM

Re: Werner flying 3 flags
 

Originally Posted by LennyD
... and you can guess which 3, all flying at equal height!

Cruising by their HQ in Southwest Omaha last night on my way home.

Did I really just see that?

If we've come this far, we might as well throw a Chinese flag up there too.

I could care less if they flew a flag for every country in the world. However, flying them all at the same height is plain out disrespectful for the country that the flag is flying in, be it the US, Canada, Mexico or Brazil...

dbkevindb 09-25-2007 08:16 AM

GO BRAZIL

PackRatTDI 09-25-2007 08:17 AM

Re: Werner flying 3 flags
 

Originally Posted by Malaki86

Originally Posted by LennyD
... and you can guess which 3, all flying at equal height!

Cruising by their HQ in Southwest Omaha last night on my way home.

Did I really just see that?

If we've come this far, we might as well throw a Chinese flag up there too.

I could care less if they flew a flag for every country in the world. However, flying them all at the same height is plain out disrespectful for the country that the flag is flying in, be it the US, Canada, Mexico or Brazil...

You guys don't know the proper way to display the flag.:roll:

From www.ushistory.org


11. When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size.
Please don't try to make an issue out of something that's not an issue.

Malaki86 09-25-2007 10:02 AM

I guess I have to apologize. I thought that when flying flags of multiple countries, the flag of the nation that the flag was flying in was supposed to be higher than the others.

Mackman 09-25-2007 10:08 AM

I dont care what the rules are the american flag will always be higher if it was me.

PackRatTDI 09-25-2007 10:50 AM


Originally Posted by Malaki86
I guess I have to apologize. I thought that when flying flags of multiple countries, the flag of the nation that the flag was flying in was supposed to be higher than the others.

Some more flag flying rules:

The US flag should always be displayed on the right of a group of flags. When you view the flags, the US flag should always be to your left. When displayed this way, the flags can be displayed at equal heights but the US flag must not be flown BELOW a state or other nations flag. If a US flag is flown on a pole with another flag, it should always be on top, however private organization flags should never be displayed on the same pole as the US flag.

The left to right display order (from the perspective of the viewer) on equal height poles are as follows:

# The flag of the United States.
# Foreign national flags. (Normally, these are displayed in alphabetical order using the English alphabet.)
# Flag of the President of the United States of America.
# POW/MIA flag
# State flags. Normally, state flags are displayed in order of admittance of the State to the Union. However, they may also be displayed in alphabetical order using the English alphabet.
#Territorial flags. The same display rules for state flags apply here.
# Military flags. The display order is as follows: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard.
# Other flags (city, county, private, etc.)

However, there is an exception to the equal height rules If a group of flagpoles contains a center pole that is higher than the rest, the US flag is supposed to displayed on the higher pole and the other flags must follow the "left to right" display rules. However, this applies only to state/military/other flags, NOT international flags. International convention dictates that a group of international flags should never have one higher than another.

In other words, it's perfectly acceptable to fly the US flag at equal heights to foreign flags as long as the "left to right" rules are followed. If Werner had the flags displayed in any order other than US-Canada-Mexico, then they are displaying them improperly.

Betcha you didn't know there were so many flag rules. :wink:

Drew10 09-25-2007 11:42 AM

Below is a link showing a photo of the front of the Werner main terminal in Omaha. Shows the flags displayed correctly.


http://www.werner.com/content/info/c...r3_800x600.jpg

PackRatTDI 09-25-2007 11:52 AM


Originally Posted by Drew10
Below is a link showing a photo of the front of the Werner main terminal in Omaha. Shows the flags displayed correctly.


http://www.werner.com/content/info/c...r3_800x600.jpg

Yep, looks like it's all on the up and up. Nothing more to see here folks, move along. :)

countryhorseman 09-25-2007 12:22 PM

The Texas Flag in the only state in the Union that can fly at the same level as the United States Flag. In the fact that Texas was its own country.

PackRatTDI 09-25-2007 12:28 PM


Originally Posted by countryhorseman
The Texas Flag in the only state in the Union that can fly at the same level as the United States Flag. In the fact that Texas was its own country.

All states can fly their state flag at the same level as the US flag as long as they follow the proper "left to right" display rules.

From www.ushistory.org


Q: Is Texas's the only state flag allowed to fly at the same height as the US flag?

A: No, this is an urban legend. All state flags may fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. The U.S. flag must be on its right (the viewer's left), however. Texas's laws are consistent with those of the other states.

Uturn2001 09-25-2007 02:27 PM

Ok I have a question for you flag etiquette gurus.

Where in the order would this flag fly in?

http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/22491/...state_flag.jpg

Would it be a state flag or a foreign national flag?

Tough call isn't it since they seem to make up their own rules regardless of what the rest of the USA is doing. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

greg3564 09-25-2007 03:46 PM


Originally Posted by Uturn2001
Ok I have a question for you flag etiquette gurus.

Where in the order would this flag fly in?

http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/22491/...state_flag.jpg

Would it be a state flag or a foreign national flag?

Tough call isn't it since they seem to make up their own rules regardless of what the rest of the USA is doing. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Communist flags like that are prohibited. :D

allan5oh 09-25-2007 07:34 PM

I don't see a problem flying the Canadian and Mexican flags.

There's a lot of businesses up here that fly the American and Canadian flags in tandem. It's a show of respect.

Actually, my company(100% Canadian owned), their logo is a rather neat concoction of the two. I'll let you judge that yourself:

http://www.penner.ca/images/logo.jpg

Drew10 09-26-2007 11:02 AM

Good one U-Turn.....

Dont we need a Visa/Passport, or something, to go into the Republic of California?? :lol: :lol:

golfhobo 09-29-2007 06:54 PM


Originally Posted by Drew10
Good one U-Turn.....

Dont we need a Visa/Passport, or something, to go into the Republic of California?? :lol: :lol:

Nope!! But.... you MUST be fluent in Spanish! :roll:

golfhobo 09-29-2007 06:58 PM


Originally Posted by allan5oh
I don't see a problem flying the Canadian and Mexican flags.

There's a lot of businesses up here that fly the American and Canadian flags in tandem. It's a show of respect.

Actually, my company(100% Canadian owned), their logo is a rather neat concoction of the two. I'll let you judge that yourself:

http://www.penner.ca/images/logo.jpg

Nice logo, Allan!! Good to see that they PROPERLY displayed the U.S. flag portion to the viewer's LEFT!! :wink:

golfhobo 09-29-2007 06:59 PM

:roll:

allan5oh 09-29-2007 09:17 PM

Well either that, or the star on the right would just look funny!

One 09-30-2007 01:43 AM

I like Brazilians! Esp the Women! But even though im a cosmopolitan, I dont like to see Globalism since its nothing but a plot to kill the teamsters and therefore all of our pay! Doggone bastards wont be happy till we work for the same money as the Chinese!!!!


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