If you own a US Flag, you might wonder when it is appropriate to fly it. While it may be displayed every day, it is particularly appropriate to display it on the days listed below:
- New Year’s Day – January 1
- Martin Luther King Day – Third Monday in January
- Inauguration Day – January 20
- Lincoln’s Birthday – February 12
- Washington’s Birthday – Third Monday in February
- Easter Sunday (date is variable)
- Mother’s Day – Second Sunday in May
- Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff) – May 15
- Armed Forces Day – Third Saturday in May
- Memorial Day (half-staff until noon) – Last Monday in May
- Flag Day – June 14
- Father’s Day – Third Sunday in June
- Independence Day – July 4
- National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day – July 27
- Labor Day — First Monday in September
- Patriot Day (half-staff) – September 11
- Constitution Day – September 17
- Gold Star Mothers Day – Last Sunday in September
- Firefighters Memorial Day (half-staff) – Sunday before or on October 9th
- Columbus Day – Second Monday in October
- Navy Day – October 27
- Election Day – First Tuesday in November
- Veterans Day – November 11
- Thanksgiving Day – Fourth Thursday in November
- Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff) – December 7
- Christmas Day – December 25
- State Birthdays
- Other days as proclaimed by the President of the United States