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Tips for Displaying the Flag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Flag should be displayed on all days, especially on:

  • New Year's Day, January 1st
  • Inauguration Day, January 20th
  • Lincoln's Birthday, February 12th
  • Washington's Birthday, 3rd Monday in February
  • Easter Sunday
  • Mother's Day, 2nd Sunday in May
  • Armed Forces Day, 3rd Saturday in May
  • Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff), May 15th (unless it conflicts with Armed Forces Day, then May 16th)
  • Memorial Day (half-staff until Noon) last Monday in May
  • Flag Day, June 14th
  • Independence Day, July 4th
  • National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (half-staff), July 27th
  • Labor Day, 1st Monday in September
  • Citizenship Day, September 17th
  • Columbus Day, 2nd Monday in October
  • Veterans Day, November 11th
  • Thanksgiving Day, 4th Thursday in November
  • National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff), December 7th
  • Christmas Day, December 25th

And such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States; the birthdays of States (date of admission;) and on State holidays.

Ten Rules
On How to Properly Fly the Flag

  1. The flag is always hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. The flag is never allowed to touch the ground or the floor. When hung over a sidewalk on a rope extending from a building to a pole, the union stars are always away from the building. When vertically hung over the center of the street, the flag always has the union stars to the north in an east/west street, and to the east in a north/south street. The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs. The flag should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds but always allowed to fall free. The flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day then raised to the top of the staff. Never fly the flag upside down except as a signal of distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property. The flag is never flown in inclement weather except when using an all-weather flag.
  2. The flag can be flown every day from sunrise to sunset and at night if illuminated properly.

(The above information on the flag conforms to the current Federal flag code.)

 

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