Flag incorrectly displayed on 24

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS OF MONDAY’S EPISODE

Anyone who pays close attention to this blog should not have been surprised when Jack was ambushed on Monday’s episode of 24. As I predicted on an earlier post, everytime Jack walks into someone’s office to get information, there is an ambush. This happened on Seasons 4 and 5 and Season 6 is proving to be no different.

What I found much more surprising was the flag that was hanging on the wall in the office scene. This was first shown when Jack’s father walked into the room and stood in the doorway. If you look you will see that behind him is an American flag on the wall hung vertically. The flag was hung with the union (where the stars are) on the upper right. That is incorrect. According to Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Code, Old Glory should always be displayed with the union to the upper left of the observer, regardless of whether it is displayed horizontal or vertical. It’s a bit counterintuitive because when you display a flag vertically, most people assume this is done by rotating it 90 degrees clockwise, placing the union on the upper right corner of the vertically displayed flag.

Goes to show there are some things the show’s producers do not know.