Long Beach, California Flag Display Days & When to Fly Your Flag: Important Days to Display your Flag including those at Half Staff

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The Following Days are of Particular Importance for Flag Display with Some Being at Half Staff (Half Staff):&#10;&#10;January 1 - New Years Day&#10;&#10;3rd Monday in January - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day&#10;&#10;January 20 (Once Every Four Years) - Inauguration Day&#10;&#10;February 12 - Lincoln’s Birthday&#10;&#10;3rd Monday in February - President’s Day&#10;&#10;Easter&#10;&#10;April 6 - Army Day&#10;&#10;3rd Monday in April - Patriot’s Day (Not to be Confused with Patriot Day)&#10;&#10;May 15 (Half Staff) - Peace Officers Memorial Day&#10;&#10;2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day&#10;&#10;3rd Saturday in May - Armed Forces Day&#10;&#10;Last Monday in May (Half Staff Until Noon) - Memorial Day&#10;&#10;June 14 - Flag Day&#10;&#10;3rd Sunday in June - Father’s Day&#10;&#10;July 4 - Independence Day&#10;&#10;July 27 - Korean War Veterans Day&#10;&#10;1st Monday in September - Labor Day&#10;&#10;September 9 - California’s (Birthday) Admission as 31st State to the United States of America&#10;&#10;September 11 (Half Staff) - Patriot Day&#10;&#10;September 17 - Constitution Day&#10;&#10;1st Sunday in October (Half Staff) - Start of Fire Prevention Week&#10;&#10;2nd Monday in October - Columbus Day&#10;&#10;October 27 - Navy Day&#10;&#10;1st Tuesday After 1st Monday in November - Presidential Election Day&#10;&#10;November 11 - Veterans Day&#10;&#10;4th Thursday in November - Thanksgiving Day&#10;&#10;December 7 (Half Staff) - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day&#10;&#10;December 25 - Christmas Day&#10;&#10;And those days proclaimed by the President of the United States, Birthdays of States, State &amp; Local Holidays, &amp; Election Days. &#10;&#10;&#10;Other Days Flag is to be Flown Half Staff:&#10;&#10;For 30 days - Death of a president or former president.&#10;&#10;For 10 days - Death of a vice president, Supreme Court chief justice/retired chief justice, or speaker of the House of Representatives.&#10;&#10;From death until the day of interment - Supreme Court associate justice, member 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. Also for federal facilities within a state or territory, for the governor.&#10;&#10;On the day after the death - Senators, members of Congress, territorial delegates or the resident commissioner of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.&#10;&#10;Further, the flag is always flown at half-staff at four locations in the United States. These locations are Post Cemetery at Mackinac Island in Michigan, Punchbowl in Honolulu, the Gettysburg National Cemetery, and Arlington National Cemetery.&#10;&#10;Return to Flag Etiquette

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