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When the U.S. flag is displayed in a group of flags, where does it go?

At the center and the highest point of the group.

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  1. At the center and highest point ✔
  2. At the far left end, slightly lower
  3. Anywhere, as long as it is the biggest

Why: In a cluster of flags, the U.S. flag takes the middle spot and stands highest. No other flag is flown above it.

Huh, didn't know that: When marching with other flags, the U.S. flag goes front and center, or on the marching right.

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Answer: At the center and highest point. In a cluster of flags, the U.S. flag takes the middle spot and stands highest. No other flag is flown above it.

  1. 4 U.S. Code Section 7: Position and manner of display, Cornell Legal Information Institute www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/7
    center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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