Footnote

f The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 11, 1942, page 316, says: “The flag, like the cross, is sacred. . . . The rules and regulations relative to human attitude toward national standards use strong, expressive words, as, ‘Service to the Flag,’ . . . ‘Reverence for the Flag,’ ‘Devotion to the Flag.’” In Brazil, Diário da Justiça, February 16, 1956, page 1904, reported that at a public ceremony, a military official stated: “Flags have become a divinity of patriotic religion . . . The flag is venerated and worshiped.”