When the Fourth of July rolls around, you may be feeling extra patriotic.

And you'll definitely come across many people wearing a red-white-and-blue color scheme, but you'll also come across many who are wearing American flags on their clothing or accessories.

As Slate pointed out, it is not illegal to wear the American flag on your clothing, but the United States government does not love it.

"While wearing the colors may be in poor taste and offensive to many, it is important to remember that the Flag Code is intended as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis to insure proper respect for the flag," according to a U.S. government document. "It is, at least, questionable whether statutes placing civil or criminal penalties on the wearing of clothing bearing or resembling a flag could be constitutionally enforced in light of Supreme Court decisions in the area of flag desecration."

In the same document, there is a section that describes respect for the flag. Some of the things listed are that it should not be carried flat and horizontal or used as a receptacle to hold other items in. It also can't be used as part of athletic wear -- unless it's in the form of a American flag patch.

"The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery," according to the document.

And it is also not supposed to be used for advertising.

"The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever," the document notes. "It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard."

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