The American Flag
Flag display days below and listed in the calendar of events and on such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United Sates; the birthdays of states (date of admission) and on state holidays.
Information outlined is part of the Federal Flag Code enacted by Federal legislation. Fly your POW/MIA flag with your United Stares flag on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day.
For more information regarding flag history,
Federal Flag Code, or how to properly display the U.S. flag, please refer to the VFW Web site,
www.vfw.org. “Our flag” brochures are available for purchase in bundles of 25 from the VFW Store, product 4421, as well as U.S. Flags and accessories. Call 1-800-821-2606 or go to
www.vfwstore.org.
New Year’s Day.......................................................January 1st
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.......................................3rd Monday in Jan
Lincoln’s Birthday....................................................February 12th
Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day)...................3rd Monday in February
Easter Sunday........................................................variable
Mother’s Day..........................................................2nd Sunday in May
Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff)...................15th May
Armed Forces Day..................................................3rd Saturday in May
Memorial Day (half-staff until noon)............................last Mon in May
Flag Day.................................................................June 14th
Independence Day....................................................July 4th
Labor Day...............................................................1st Monday in September
Patriot Day (half-staff)............................................. .September 11th
POW/MIA Recognition Day.......................................3rd Friday in Sept
Constitution Day (Citizenship Day)............................ Sept 17th
Columbus Day..........................................................2nd Monday in October
Navy Day................................................................ October 27th
Veterans Day...........................................................November 11th
Thanksgiving Day.....................................................4th Thursday in November
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff)....December 7th
Christmas Day.........................................................December 25th
Ten Guidelines to Flying the American Flag
1. The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
2. The flag is never allowed to touch the ground or the floor.
3. When hung over a sidewalk on a rope extending from a building to a pole, the union stars are always away from the building.
4. 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.
5. 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 all all owed to fall free.
7. The flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day then raised to the top of the staff.
8. Never fly the flag upside down except as a signal of distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
9. The flag is never flown in inclement weather except when using an all-weather flag.
10. The flag can be flown every day from sunrise to sunset and at night if illuminated properly.