Flags: Court Skabelund Personal #1

All of my life growing up in the United States of America when it came to flags the highest and most grand of them was of course Ol' Glory. So why in Washington square in front of the City-County building do the US flag and the Utah flag fly at the same height? Growing up a boy scout further confused me on this dilemma. All throughout boy scouts we raised lowered and bore the colors of the US flag as well as that of the Boy Scouts of America and of Utah. Never in all my adolescent years did I see any flag fly as high as the United States. After doing a little research I found in Section 8j of the national flag code that states:

"4. When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the right of the flag of the United States (the viewer's left). When the flag is half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the US flag at the mid-point and the other flag below."

Meaning that indeed the US flag should always be that of the highest height. Whether that be at half mast or full and that the US flag should always be present to the right of a paralleled flag. Personally I have little understanding why the City-County building is breaking these two rules. Perhaps the city is posting a silent revolt to the united states. A rise to the fallen Deseret. Whatever the case it has an interesting background concerning the symbols of tis country.