• BeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      That’s obvious and was not claiming it was actually upside down, I just found that detail uncanny seen from that angle

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      1 month ago

      Even when hanging the flag vertically, this is the correct orientation, with the stars in the upper left.

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        1 month ago

        Really?

        I’d have thought the stars should be on the right side when hanging vertically, since it would be rotated 90 degrees clockwise from the standard position.

        I have no idea which way is correct, this is just my intuitive reasoning.

        • aion@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Yep, according to the US Flag Code:

          When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag’s own right, that is, to the observer’s left.

          TBF, it does have different instructions about how to display the flag outdoors, hard to tell from this perspective if it was actually hung properly.