Holidays You Should Fly the Flag
The times and days that the U.S. flag should be flown are laid out in the U.S. Flag Code, which is part of federal law. Title 4 of the U.S. Flag Code, section 6, addresses the specific times and occasions on which the U.S. flag should be flown and how it should be flown.
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The U.S. flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered slowly.
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The U.S. flag is generally flown from sunrise to sunset. When flown 24 hours a day, it must have a light shown on it.
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The US flag should be flown at at full staff on the following days: New Years Day (1/1), Inauguration Day (1/20), Lincoln's birthday (2/12), President's Day (third Monday in February), Armed Forces Day (third Saturday in May), after noon on Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Flag day (6/14), Independence Day (7/4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Constitution Day (9/17), Columbus Day (second Monday in October), Navy Day (10/27), Veteran's Day (11/11) and Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November).
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The US flag should be flown at at half staff on the following days: Peace Officers Memorial Day (5/15), until noon on Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Korean War Veteran's Day (6/27), Patriot Day (9/11) and Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (12/7).
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To commemorate the death of a current or former U.S. president, the U.S. flag is flown at half staff for 30 days. To commemoriate the death of a U.S. vice president (current), Supreme Court justice (current or former), or speaker of the House of Representative, the U.S. flag is flown at half staff for 10 days. The U.S. flag is flown at half staff to commemorate the death of other federal officials from the day of death through the day of burial for other federal officials such as Supreme Court associate justice, members of the Cabinet, former vice president, president pro-tempore of the Senate, or the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives.
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When a governor dies, U.S. flags flown at federal buildings located in that state or territory are flown at half staff from the day of death through the day of burial.
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