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HOW TO FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG Ten Guidelines from Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States 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 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. 6. The flag should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up in folds, but always allowed 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. Flag Display Days New Year's Day January 1st Martin Luther King Jr. Day 3rd Monday in January 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) May 15th Armed Forces Day 3rd Saturday in May 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 Constitution Day (Citizenship Day) September 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 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
I hope all of my Canadian and American readers will find this page helpful. I know that I have wondered about when to do what, now I know the correct way to display the American Flag.
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