Howie, do something just a little different if it interests you. Call the offices of your local Representantive or Senator. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) has a program to respond to Congressional requests for flags that have flown up the various Capital flag poles.
If I remember right it costs only a few bucks. They pass them out in the thousands each year. These aren't well worn flags. There are many that come down as quickly as they go up just to be Capitol flown flags for distribution.
I remember hearing of a White House program to do the same thing. Don't know anything about it though.
about 25 years ago.. i spent some time in the congressional flag office....
all day long they run flags for this program on a continous loop to a short flag staff that reaches above the capitol...
they fly over the capitol for a few seconds.. maybe minutes ....come down and put right back in the box...
then they get sent to the members office and then to you and others that request them
its pretty cool that they do this for all of those special ocassions out there