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Old 07-04-2016, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
United States code, Title 18, Part I, Chapter 33, section 700, subsection A

(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
I wonder what they actually meant with the word "flag" here though?

18 U.S. Code SS 700 - Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute