Is the Dominican Republic a territory of us?

Is the Dominican Republic a territory of us?

The Dominican Republic is a country in the Caribbean Sea. It shares the island of Hispaniola with the country of Haiti. The Dominican Republic is not a U.S. territory.

What are the 16 US territories?

The United States currently administers 16 insular areas as territories:

• American Samoa.
• Guam.
• Northern Mariana Islands.
• Puerto Rico.
• United States Virgin Islands.
• Minor Outlying Islands. Bajo Nuevo Bank. Baker Island. Howland Island. Jarvis Island. Johnston Atoll. Kingman Reef. Midway Islands. Navassa Island. Palmyra Atoll.

What are the 8 US territories?

The US Territories are:

• Puerto Rico.
• Guam.
• US Virgin Islands.
• Northern Mariana Islands.
• American Samoa.
• Midway Atoll.
• Palmyra Atoll.
• Baker Island.

Do you need a passport to go to US territories?

The United States controls 14 U.S. territories, five of which are inhabited and can be visited without a passport. The other three U.S. territories that you can visit without a passport are all located in the Pacific Ocean; American Samoa, Guam, and the latest addition, the Northern Mariana Islands.

Can a casket flag be flown?

For those VA national cemeteries with an Avenue of Flags, families of Veterans buried in these national cemeteries may donate the burial flags of their loved ones to be flown on patriotic holidays. The law allows us to issue one flag for a Veteran’s funeral. We cannot replace it if it is lost, destroyed, or stolen.

What does upside down American flag mean?

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Is flying the flag upside down illegal?

You can fly the flag upside down. Obviously, the best way to fly the flag is on a pole with the union up, but you can also fly it upside down—with one catch: you have to be in some serious trouble to do so. Fly the flag upside down only “as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”