National Anthem Etiquette: What to Do at a Sporting Event or Political Rally
ABC News’ Sarah Parnass reports: The Super Bowl: it’s a great American tradition, but did spectators and sportsmen skip out on another American tradition right before kick off? As Kelly Clarkson sang the national anthem at a packed Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Sunday night,...
Ex-Etiquette: Mom may need to stand up for her son or change her parenting
Q I have been dating a man for four months, and he has three daughters. I have two sons. Everything was fine at first, but now he has a lot of resentment toward one of my sons. When I ask him why, he tells me my son gets on his nerves. He said my son lacks discipline. Mind you, my son is 10. My son has never met his biological father and I have been the only one raising him. My son is not clingy ...
Scouts learn about the American Flag
Boy Scout Assistant District Commisioner Arnie Dwire shows the scouts the proper folding of the American flag while Troop Leader Miki Loosbrock reads a poem that gives meaning to each fold.
Letter: Flag etiquette
I'm a patriotic veteran who enjoys displaying the American flag from sunrise to sunset and lowering it at the end of the day. However, I've installed a flood light at the base of my flagstaff and now proudly display my flag 24 hours a day.
Full Staff
Only the president and the governor are authorized to order the half-staffing of national and state flags as gestures of honor or mourning.
Etiquette Expert Offers Questionable Advice on the Topic of Upstreaming
A few months ago, motivated by an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm , we tackled the age-old debate over upstreaming a fellow cab-hailer. How much distance should you give the person behind you before attempting to flag down a taxi? That turned out to be a question so complex, even top officials at the TLC gave us drastically different answers . In a new book on manners , writer Henry Alford ...
Flag program at PVMS
The Carbon County Navy Club presented a flag program recently for the sixth grade class at the Panther Valley Middle School. Scott Reinhart explains the proper etiquette to handling the U.S. Flag to the students as members Stanley Jaroszcewski and Robert Siesputkowski hold the flag.
Occupy Maine protesters moving out
As the demonstrators clear out of Lincoln Park, the city agrees to give them extra time.
Mom may need to stand up for her son, or change her parenting
Don't introduce your kids to your new guy until you know for a fact he's in it for the long haul.