4-U.S.C.-6
§6 – Time and Occasions For Display
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- Reference: Section 6
- Legend: §6 – Time and Occasions For Display
- USCode Year: 2013
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(a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
(b) The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
(c) The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather flag is displayed.
(d) The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on New Years Day, January 1; Inauguration Day, January 20; Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday, third Monday in January; Lincolns Birthday, February 12; Washingtons Birthday, third Monday in February; Easter Sunday (variable); Mothers Day, second Sunday in May; Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May; Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14; Fathers 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; and such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States; the birthdays of States (date of admission); and on State holidays.
(e) The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.
(f) The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.
(g) The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.
(Added Pub. L. 105–225, §2(a), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1494; amended Pub. L. 106–80, §1, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1285; Pub. L. 110–239, §1, June 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 1559; Pub. L. 111–41, §2, July 27, 2009, 123 Stat. 1962.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 36:174. | June 22, 1942, ch. 435, §2, 56 Stat. 378; Dec. 22, 1942, ch. 806, §2, 56 Stat. 1074; July 7, 1976, Pub. L. 94–344, (2)–(5), 90 Stat. 810. |
In subsection (d), the words Veterans Day” are substituted for Armistice Day” because of the Act of June 1, 1954 (ch. 250, 68 Stat. 168).
Amendments
2009—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–41 inserted National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27;” after July 4;”.
2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–239 inserted Fathers Day, third Sunday in June;” after Flag Day, June 14;”.
1999—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–80 inserted Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday, third Monday in January;” after January 20;”.
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