The American flag should be displayed on all days and especially the holidays listed below. The dates marked in red color indicate when you should fly your flag at half-staff.

Did you know that half mast is a popular term used for flying a flag at half staff, but is not the correct term? Half mast is a term used in reference to nautical flag poles, or mast. Half staff is a term used for any other flagpole whether residential, or commercial.

National Holidays 2020

New Year's Day
January 1

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20

Inauguration Day
January 21

Lincoln's Birthday
February 12

President's Day
February 17

Washington's Birthday
February 17

St. Patrick's Day
March 17

National Vietnam War Veterans Day
March 29

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
April 9

Easter Sunday
April 12

Earth Day
April 22

International Firefighters Day
May 4

Mother's Day
May 10

Peace Officer's Memorial Day
May 15 (half-staff)

Armed Forces Day
May 16

Memorial Day
May 25 (half-staff to noon)

Remember D-Day
June 6

Army Birthday
June 14

Flag Day
June 14

Father's Day
June 21

Independence Day
July 4

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
July 27

Coast Guard Birthday
August 4

Labor Day
September 7

Patriot Day
September 11 (half-staff)

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
September 17

Air Force Birthday
September 18

National POW/MIA Recognition Day 
September 18

Gold Star Mother's Day
September 27

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service
October 4 (half-staff)

Columbus Day
October 12

National Indigenous Peoples Day
October 12

Navy Birthday
October 13

Election Day
November 3

Marine Corps Birthday
November 10

Veterans Day
November 11

Thanksgiving Day
November 26

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 7 (half-staff)

Christmas Day
December 25

State Birthdays

A U.S. state is any one of the fifty sub national entities of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. The following dates are when our states became apart of the federal government. Fly your American and State flags on their anniversary into statehood and remember your heritage.