Editing Flag of the United States (section)

===Places of continuous display===
[[File:US Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Monument) near Washington DC.jpg|thumb|[[Marine Corps War Memorial]], Arlington, Virginia]]
[[File:Americanflags.jpg|thumb|Flags covering the [[National Mall]]]]
[[File:AS15-88-11866 - Apollo 15 flag, rover, LM, Irwin - restoration1.jpg|thumb|Astronaut [[James Irwin]] salutes the flag during the 1971 [[Apollo 15]] lunar mission.]]
U.S. flags are displayed continuously at certain locations by presidential proclamation, acts of Congress, and custom.
* Replicas of the [[Star-Spangled Banner Flag]] (15 stars, 15 stripes) are flown at two sites in [[Baltimore]], Maryland: [[Fort McHenry|Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine]]<ref>[[s:Proclamation 2795|Presidential Proclamation No. 2795]], July 2, 1948 [https://archive.today/20120707025814/http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;size=100;id=mdp.39015073075999;page=root;seq=224;num=212 Code of Federal Regulations of the United States, Title 3 Compilation (1943–1948)], HathiTrust, Google Books/University of Michigan scan, pages 212–213.</ref> and [[Flag House Square]].<ref>Public Law 83-319, approved March 26, 1954.</ref>
* [[Marine Corps War Memorial]] ([[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]), [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]].<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 3418, June 12, 1961.</ref>
* The [[Lexington Battle Green|Battle Green]] in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]], site of the first shots fired in the Revolution<ref>Public Law 89-335, approved November 8, 1965.</ref>
* The [[White House]], Washington, D.C.<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 4000, September 4, 1970.</ref>
* Fifty U.S. flags are displayed continuously at the [[Washington Monument]], Washington, D.C.<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 4064, July 6, 1971, effective July 4, 1971.</ref>
* At continuously open [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] Ports of Entry.<ref>Presidential Proclamation No. 4131, May 5, 1972.</ref>
* A Civil War era flag (for the year 1863) flies above [[Pennsylvania Hall (Gettysburg)|Pennsylvania Hall]] (Old Dorm) at [[Gettysburg College]].<ref>[http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/news_detail.dot?inode=2746067&pageTitle=34-star+flag+flies+over+Gettysburg+College+without+Congressional+approval Gettysburg College – News Detail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617041330/http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/news_detail.dot?inode=2746067&pageTitle=34-star+flag+flies+over+Gettysburg+College+without+Congressional+approval |date=June 17, 2010 }}. Gettysburg.edu. Retrieved May 27, 2011.</ref> This building, occupied by both sides at various points of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], served as a lookout and battlefield hospital.
* Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in [[Valley Forge National Historical Park|Valley Forge NHP]], [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania|Valley Forge]], Pennsylvania<ref>[[s:Public Law 94-53|Pub. L. 94−53]], 89 Stat. 259, S.J.Res. 98, approved July 4, 1975.</ref>
* By custom, at the [[Maryland]] home, birthplace, and grave of [[Francis Scott Key]]; at the [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], Massachusetts war memorial; at the [[Taos Plaza|plaza]] in [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]], New Mexico (since 1861); at the [[United States Capitol]] (since 1918); and at [[Mount Moriah Cemetery (South Dakota)|Mount Moriah Cemetery]] in [[Deadwood, South Dakota]].
* [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]'s Terminal A, Gate 17 (2001&ndash;2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ocscanner.news/2021/09/11/flag-flying-at-newark-airport-terminal-honoring-flight-93-victims-retired-today-after-20-years/ |title=Flag Flying at Newark Airport Terminal Honoring Flight 93 Victims Retired Today After 20 Years |date=September 11, 2021 |website=Ocean County Scanner News |access-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322042913/https://ocscanner.news/2021/09/11/flag-flying-at-newark-airport-terminal-honoring-flight-93-victims-retired-today-after-20-years/ }}</ref> and [[Boston Logan Airport]]'s Terminal B, Gate 32, and Terminal C, Gate 19 in memoriam of the events of [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbur.org/morningedition/2016/09/08/logan-memorial |title=At Logan, Some 9/11 Tributes Go Unnoticed By Most Of The Flying Public |last=Guzman |first=Dan |date=September 8, 2016 |website=wbur.org |access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Slover Mountain]] ([[Colton Liberty Flag]]), in [[Colton, California]]. July 4, 1917, to {{Circa|1952}} & 1997 to 2012.<ref>With the consent of Congress, [http://www.press-enterprise.com/news/NEWS_nmark17.html Old Glory kept perpetual shine] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175759/http://www.press-enterprise.com/news/NEWS_nmark17.html |date=July 17, 2011 }}, PE Press Archive.</ref><ref>With the consent of Congress, [http://www.sbsun.com/livinghere/ci_9262629 Slover Mountain], The Sun, May 14, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518164411/http://www.sbsun.com/livinghere/ci_9262629 |date=May 18, 2013 }}</ref><ref>By Act of Congress. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060510004229/http://www.calportland.com/coltons-libertyflag.htm California Portland Cement Co]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calportland.com/about/media-center/|title=Calportland Media Center|website=Calportland.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref>
* At the ceremonial [[South Pole]] as one of the 12 flags representing the signatory countries of the original Antarctic Treaty.
* On the Moon: six crewed missions successfully landed at various locations and each had a flag raised at the site. Exhaust gases when the Ascent Stage launched to return the astronauts to [[Apollo Command/Service Module|their Command Module ''Columbia'']] for return to Earth blew over the flag the [[Apollo 11]] mission had placed.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Space.com]]|url=https://www.space.com/16798-american-flags-moon-apollo-photos.html|title=Apollo Moon Landing Flags Still Standing, Photos Reveal|first= Clara|last= Moskowitz|author-link= Clara Moskowitz |date=July 27, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref>