Do you stand when the National Anthem is played at sporting events?

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48. You Mis-Interpret Dear Abbey

Nobody asked her the genesis of the hand over heart custom, and she merely listed the law currently in force at the time.

Clue: Her citation lists 'as amended' in 1976...ie there was a flag code prior to 1976.

This isn't illuminati stuff - a simple Google search will show it started 'officially' in 1942...and was a custom prior to that.

What do you think the 1968 'black power fist' at the Olympic podium was in lieu of?

Anyhoo...in order to refute Dear Abbey, here is a photo of Eisenhower with hand over heart in 1955.

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/home-from-the-summit-washington-d-c-president-eisenhower-news-photo/515020710?#home-from-the-summit-washington-dc-president-eisenhower-stands-with-picture-id515020710

And here's LBJ:

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/emperor-haile-selassie-saluting-and-us-president-lyndon-b-news-photo/568917375

And Gerald Ford:

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/pres-ford-and-west-german-chancellor-helmut-schmidt-stand-news-photo/515120270

And Nixon:

http://www.fainebooks.com/jazz-blog/ethel-ennis-in-the-inaugural-spotlight

And Truman:

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/President-Harry-Truman-at-Attention-for-the-National-Anthem-Airfield-En-Route-from-Wake-Island-Posters_i8522162_.htm?stp=true

Probably just a regional custom