The flag should not be dipped to any person or thing, including government officials—even the President. The flag should never be displayed with the union (stars) down, unless as a signal of dire distress. The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

The garrison flag would soon after be raised at Fort McHenry and ultimately find a permanent home at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

For a period of 188 days, the United States consisted of only 12 states. Documentary evidence from the time describes the practice of making 12 star flags to represent the union as it existed from November, 1789, until Rhode Island's ratification and joining the union as the 13th state on May 30, 1790.

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