1. Our national flag should be displayed on all days that there is no danger the weather will damage it. It not only shows respect for our national symbol, but prolongs the life of the flag. It is customary to fly the flag from sunrise to sunset on buildings or on a stationary flag pole in the open. However, it may also be flown at night if it is properly illuminated. United States Flag Etiquette

2. Flag Flying Holidays New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Inauguration Day January 1 Third Monday in January January 20 (Every 4 Years) [2005] Lincoln’s Birthday Presidents' Day Washington's Birthday February 12 Third Monday in February February 22

3. Variable April 6 May 8 Second Sunday in May May 15 Third Sunday in May Flag Flying Holidays Easter Sunday Army Day V-E Day Mother's Day Peace Officers Memorial Day * (Half-staff) Armed Forces Day

4. Memorial Day * (Half-staff until noon) Flag Day Father's Day Last Monday in May June 14 Third Sunday in June Independence Day National Korean War Armistice Day * (Half-staff) Labor Day July 4 July 27 First Monday in September V-J Day Patriot Day * (Half-staff) Constitution Day (Citizenship Day) September 2 September 11 September 17 Flag Flying Holidays

5. Columbus Day Navy Day Presidential Election Day Second Monday in October October 27 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day * (Half-staff) November 11 Fourth Thursday in November December 7 Christmas DayDecember 25 Flag Flying Holidays

6. When To Fly The Flag Half-Staff When flown at half-staff, the flag should be hoisted to the peak, then lowered to half-staff; but before lowering the flag for the day it should again be raised to the peak. On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff.

7. On the following days, the flag should be flown at half-staff for the entire day: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Peace Officers Memorial Day National Korean War Armistice Day Patriot Day By order of the President; the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States government and the Governor of a state, territory, or possession; as a mark of respect to their memory. When To Fly The Flag Half-Staff

8. Displaying Other Than On a Staff 1.When displayed over the middle of a street, the flag should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east-west street or to the east in a north-south street. 2. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a building to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the union should be toward the pole as if it were hoisted from the building toward the pole. 3. When the flag is displayed flat against a wall, either horizontally or vertically, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right; to the observer's left. When displayed in a window, it should be displayed the same, as for the observer in the street.

9. Crossed Staffs When displayed with another flag from crossed staffs, the US flag should be to the observer's left and its staff should be infront of the staff of the other flag. Flown Together When the flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the US flag, the US flag should always be at the peak. Projecting Staff When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at any angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building; the union should go to the peak of the Staff (unless displaying at half-mast).

10. Parades When carried in a procession or parade with another flag or flags, the US flag should be either on the marching right, or when there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line. Grouped When a number of flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs with the US flag, it should be at the center or at the highest point of the group.

11. Worn on the Right Uniform Sleeve As stated above, it is proper to display the flag with the union uppermost and to the observer's left. One exception is when worn on the right sleeve of the military uniform. The union must be displayed uppermost and facing the direction of honor and on the side of the uniform, the direction of honor is toward the front. With Other Nations When the flags of two or more nations are displayed they should be flown from separate staffs of the same height and the flags should be of approximately equal size. International flag usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in peace time. This is a sign of wartime victory and a serious insult.

12. Over a Casket When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be placed so that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.