flag ettiqute

[Fanatical Meat]

I had an odd thought today, US Business who fly both US and lets say an French flag. I know the US flag should fly the higest here in the US does that apply to a US property outside of the US? What about Embassy's?

 

[Brainonska511]

I had an odd thought today, US Business who fly both US and lets say an French flag. I know the US flag should fly the higest here in the US does that apply to a US property outside of the US? What about Embassy's?

I thought national flags should be at equal heights.

 

[NFS4]

 

[Jodell88]

When a national flag is displayed together with the national flags of other countries, all the flags should be of approximately equal size and must be flown at an equal height, although the national flag of the host country should be flown in the position of honor (in the center of an odd number of flagstaffs or at the far right — left from an observer's point of view — of an even number of flagstaffs).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flag#Flag_protocol

 

[HardcoreRobot]

US embassy is still on US soil in a foreign country

 

[Jodell88]

US embassy is still on US soil in a foreign country

There is a common misconception that Embassies and Consulates have extraterritoriality. As anecdotal evidence of this misconception, people will often say things like, “the US Embassy sits upon United States soil.” For the most part, this is not the case as extraterritoriality is not conferred upon an Embassy or Consulate, but in some situations extraterritoriality may be created by Treaty. That being said, members of diplomatic legations (Ambassadors, Representatives, Consuls, Vice Consuls, Deputy Ambassadors, and Charges D’Affaires) may be accorded extraterritorial status within the foreign state to which they have been accredited. Also, the property of such representatives may have extraterritorial status. For example, an official diplomatic pouch will not be subject to search and seizure by a country other than the country with ownership of the pouch.

http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/miscellaneous/laws-and-rules-regarding-extraterritoriality/