The site does give a nice description of flag etiquette that includes items such as "don't use it as a seat cover".
Meanwhile, it's interesting to ponder why the United Kingdom doesn't have a national holiday celebrating the nation. St George's Day is only an English holiday so that's no good. Most other countries I can think of celebrate their nationhood in someway. Many of course celebrate the day they became independent of the UK. It would be a bit of stretch to celebrate the liberation of England from the Roman Empire. Again, that would only be an English celebration.
A natural choice for a holiday is to celebrate the day a country was founded. The union of the kingdom became effective 1 January 1801 but it wouldn't really work to celebrate it on New Years Day. Anyway, it's a moot point since it really isn't in the British character to wave flags and celebrate being British. Pity.
Ok, I made up the "fried beaver tails-on-a-stick" bit so don't bother asking for the recipe or raving about animal protection.
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