Where are your hands during the National Anthem?

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Where are your hands during the National Anthem?

By my sides, dangling; bored - waiting for it to be over.

I'd prefer to them to just be across my lap as I'm sitting down, but apparently because everyone else thinks the anthem is so important, they throw ****ing hissy fits if you don't stand up and acknowledge it.

[Gibbz]

Re: Where are your hands during the National Anthem?

Someone at a Baylor message board was making a big deal about the Missouri players standing with their hands behind their backs during the National Anthem and said it was very disrespectful that they didn't have their hands over their hearts.

So I was wondering, where are your hands while standing?


Mine are always behind my back.

I saw that on the Baylor board and couldn't keep from rolling my eyes before I even finished reading it.

My hands go behind my back during the anthem.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: Where are your hands during the National Anthem?

Actually, as Chaos showed earlier, it's more of United States official code as to how to do it. :wink:

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/36/301.html

So is that a law? I had always heard it was a law that you had to remove your hat.


I think you should either put your hand over your heart or behind your back. Don't be like the Detroit fan I saw at the Mavericks game last night and chomp on a soft pretzel the entire time.

[mannyblue2008]

Re: Where are your hands during the National Anthem?

i have taken a bite from a hot dog while the anthem was playin. it really dont matter to be honest. the flag that is waving and the country that we live in is all about freedom well whats so free about having to put your hands in a special spot while the anthem is playin.

[superjames1992]

Re: Where are your hands during the National Anthem?

So is that a law? I had always heard it was a law that you had to remove your hat.


I think you should either put your hand over your heart or behind your back. Don't be like the Detroit fan I saw at the Mavericks game last night and chomp on a soft pretzel the entire time.

I don't think it's the law, but just like there's a procedure for handling the United States flag, those are United States code. It's not the law, but it's how you "should" do it according to the US Government.