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Fly the United States flag on these days

When to fly the American flag

Remember it is appropriate to display the American flag every day.

It is especially appropriate to display the United States flag on these important days.

  • Any day so ordered by the President
  • Armed Forces Day - 3rd Saturday in May
  • Christmas Day - December 25
  • Columbus Day - 2nd Monday in October
  • Constitution Day - September 17
  • Easter Sunday
  • Election Day - 1st Tuesday in November
  • Father's Day - 3rd Sunday in June
  • Firefighters Memorial Day - Sunday on or before October 9
  • Flag Day - June 14
  • Gold Star Mothers Day - Last Sunday in September
  • Inauguration Day - January 20
  • Independence Day - July 4
  • Korean War Veterans Day - July 27
  • Labor Day - 1st Monday in September
  • Lincoln's Birthday - February 12
  • Martin Luther King Day - 3rd Monday in January
  • Memorial Day (half-staff until noon) - Last Monday in May
  • Mother's Day - 2nd Sunday in May
  • Navy Day - October 27
  • New Year's Day - January 1
  • Patriot Day (half-staff) - September 11
  • Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff) - May 15
    (unless that day is also Armed Forces Day)
  • Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff) - December 7
  • Presidents Day - Third Monday in February
  • State "Birthdays"
  • State "Holidays"
  • Thanksgiving Day - 4th Thursday in November
  • Veterans Day - November 11
  • Victory in Europe Day - May 8
  • Victory Over Japan Day - September 2
  • Washington's Birthday - February 22