Rumors on social media have circulated about the flag listed on some government sites. Here's what you need to know.

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.

First codified in 1923 by, I shit you not, the National Americanism Commission, the Flag Code was officially written into law ...

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 ...