President Trump Should Embrace the US Civilian Peacetime Flag ('which doesn't exist'--they say). It'll Trigger the Left, They Will Rebel By Suddenly Crying President Has Abandoned "Our Great US Flag" El Jefe is the MASTER of Reverse Psychology.   He could get the lunatic left to embrace our flag again, by embracing a different flag, especially one that only HE supports.  Another Hydroxychloroquine where liddle infant orangeman with tiny hands fumbles around arrogantly with his liddle snake oil pills...they'd say.  This would be his hydroxychloroquine flag. First of all, the media will say that this flag is a "it's a myth"...."its a hoax" .... "an urban legend" ..and will cite flags of the world.   But It does exist, because you can SEE it.  But no it's not official or unofficial--it is speculative.  It honestly doesn't matter for our purposes whether it's real or not.  Trump could MAKE it real with one presidential decree or executive order. What is the Civil US Flag?  It's the flag where the stripes go down and the colors are inverted on the "union" part (stars) Here is the Civil / Civilian Peacetime US Flag This website and many others attempt to prove this flag is an Urban Legend, while actually providing the proof of its existence!  The simple fact is that you're looking at it, thus it DOES exist.  There is a universe of difference between saying "it's not the [/an]  official flag of the US" and "it's a myth".  It's a speculative flag that resembles a coast guard flag Nathaniel Hawthorn´s "The Scarlet Letter" contains a description of an American Customs flag erroneously described as having 13 stripes, when in fact it has 16. One stripe for each state at the time the flag was introduced. Remember, this was before limiting the stripes to 13. The story also states that this indicated a civil operation rather than military. This statement is somewhat true, but not totally accurate. Yes, customs is a civil authority, but this does not mean that all civil authorities use this flag. Also let us not forget that The Scarlet Letter is a work of fiction and not a research document by any means and therefore should not be used as a primary source. Primary sources would include legislation and executive orders, these are non-existent for the flag described at this site. United States flag legislation has been thoroughly researched by vexillologists and I think it would be safe to say that there is no legislation or executive order for the flag described. Another erroneous source goes on to say that the Civilian flag should have blue stars on white, not vice versa, and shows the stars arranged in a pattern identical to the current 50 star American flag established in 1960. If the civil flag has been out of use since the 1860s, as he claims, then, lacking enabling legislation, the pattern should have been stopped at 33 or 35 stars. it is also stated that prior to World War II, states only flew their own flags. This is simply not true. If the states were as sovereign as he is trying to indicate, state flags would have been in use since 1776. In truth, most states had no state flag until the late 19th century, 100 years after the Revolution. In short, other than as a footnote of erroneous concepts and faulty research, the civil flag described has no place on the FOTW website. Nathan Bliss, 28 July 1999 ... Don't forget to always add the fact that the flag itself was real and existed for most of the 19th century. It was the US Customs Ensign and Signal, which is what Hawthorne certainly meant when he described the building in a passage before the quote you give, because it is stated he was working in the "Customs House." The sentence is often removed from the description of the building thus separating the reason for the flag from the actual flag itself, making the myth more believable and harder to track down. I know the sources you cite go into this, but you should always reiterate it whenever you are referring to this legend. In addition, the original flag Hawthorne was describing had a blue eagle in a white canton with an arc of 13 stars. That should be the "original" flag, not some speculative design that never existed. Dave Martucci, 15 November 2014 Trump could embrace this flag and say this is a flag of peace among nations and mostly among ourselves...something we strive for.  We will fly this flag of peace when our nation finally decides that is what it wants And he'll give it a hug And then, just like that.  All the US flag burning will cease And Orange man hates our US Flag now and they will start embracing it.     "F YOU, Trump.  We choose OUR flag.  You can have your dumb fake flag, you big orange baby"