Whistling In The Dark

I was about to say that, about properly burning flags. That's what I was taught in girl scouts, even that you'd have to burn the flag if you let it touch the ground. The point being that disrespect was the offense and since this was for flag ceremonies you were most definitely using the flag as symbol in context. Outside of the ceremony, though, it's not in context and you can wrap it up and keep it in a closet without worrying you've put the entire republic in the closet.