§6 Time and occasions for display

Summary

Display the flag from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on fixed flagpoles. If you want it up at night, it must be lit. Hoist it quickly and lower it with ceremony. Don’t fly it in bad weather unless the flag is made for all weather. Show the flag every day, and especially on these dates and holidays: New Year’s Day, January 1; Inauguration Day, January 20; Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, third Monday in January; Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12; Washington’s Birthday, third Monday in February; National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29; Easter Sunday (date varies); Mother’s Day, second Sunday in May; Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May; Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14; Father’s Day, third Sunday in June; Independence Day, July 4; National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27; Labor Day, first Monday in September; Constitution Day, September 17; Columbus Day, second Monday in October; Navy Day, October 27; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November; Christmas Day, December 25; any days the President proclaims; State admission birthdays; and State holidays. The flag should fly daily at the main building of every public institution, at every polling place on election days, and at every schoolhouse during school days.