It was news to me that the 22nd of Febrero is Flag Day in the DR. Reminded me of a long-time sore point here, which is the lack of flag etiquette of all types here in the DR.
1) They leave the DR flag up all night, unlit. Don't they care? (and after a couple of years of NOT lighting the US flag at the US Consulate, other than ambient street light, the Consulate finally does light the flag at night now.)
2)They make changes to the DR flag - for example the Policia Nacional think they can change the DR flag in one quarter of the flag to turn it into a special Dominican Police Flag - have they no pride? Other departments also convert the DR flag in the same way.
3) When they display several country's flags in one place, they do not display all flags at the same level, they put the Dominican flag on a higher pole than the rest - shame on them. All countries are supposed to be equal in the display of flags.
4) I have seen company flags at the same level as the Dominican flag, or at the same level as other country's flags - wrong wrong wrong.
5) I have seen the guys taking down the flags dragging the flag on the ground - lack of education and lack of supervision by someone with an education.
Don't they teach this stuff in Dominican schools????
1) They leave the DR flag up all night, unlit. Don't they care? (and after a couple of years of NOT lighting the US flag at the US Consulate, other than ambient street light, the Consulate finally does light the flag at night now.)
2)They make changes to the DR flag - for example the Policia Nacional think they can change the DR flag in one quarter of the flag to turn it into a special Dominican Police Flag - have they no pride? Other departments also convert the DR flag in the same way.
3) When they display several country's flags in one place, they do not display all flags at the same level, they put the Dominican flag on a higher pole than the rest - shame on them. All countries are supposed to be equal in the display of flags.
4) I have seen company flags at the same level as the Dominican flag, or at the same level as other country's flags - wrong wrong wrong.
5) I have seen the guys taking down the flags dragging the flag on the ground - lack of education and lack of supervision by someone with an education.
Don't they teach this stuff in Dominican schools????
