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One Nation,
One People, One Flag
Did
you put out your flag on September 11th? Five years
have passed since the attacks, and the number of people
displaying a flag to remember the day continues to drop. Yet
flying the flag is surely one of the easiest ways to remind
ourselves and our neighbors that we are all Americans, first
and foremost. We share a history, an ideology and a destiny
that goes far beyond political parties or ancestry. So we at
BHI thought this would be a great chance to remind you of all
the holidays on which the flag should be flown. Below are at
least 19 official opportunities a year to put out the symbol
of our country’s unity. If your neighbors ask why you have the
flag out you can just quote Ben Franklin “We must all hang
together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
JANUARY
January 1 New Years Day
January 20 Inauguration Day
3rd Monday in January Martin
Luther King Jr. Day
FEBRUARY
February 12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
3rd Monday in February George
Washington’s Birthday
MARCH/APRIL
Easter Sunday Variable
MAY
2nd Sunday in May Mother’s Day
Last Monday in May (half staff until
noon) Memorial Day
JUNE
June 14 Flag Day
JULY
July 4 Independence Day
SEPTEMBER
1st Monday in September Labor
Day
September 17 Constitution Day
OCTOBER
2nd Monday in October Columbus
Day
October 27 Navy Day
NOVEMBER
November 11 Veterans Day
4th Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Day.
DECEMBER
December 25 Christmas Day
Don’t forget State Holidays and the day
of your state’s admission to the Union.
Delaware December 7 1787
Pennsylvania December 12 1787
New Jersey December 18 1887
Georgia January 2 1788
Connecticut January 9 1788
Massachusetts February 6 1788
Maryland April 28 1788
South Carolina May 23 1788
New Hampshire June 21 1788
Virginia June 25 1788
New York July 26 1788
North Carolina November 21 1789
Rhode Island May 29 1790
Vermont March 4 1791
Kentucky June 1 1792
Tennessee June 1 1796
Ohio March 1 1803
Louisiana April 30 1812
Indiana December 10 1817
Illinois December 3 1818
Alabama December 14 1819
Maine March 15 1820
Missouri August 10 1821
Arkansas June 15 1836
Michigan January 26 1837
Florida March 3 1845
Texas December 29 1845
Iowa December 28 1846
Wisconsin May 29 1848
California September 9 1850
Minnesota May 11 1858
Oregon February 14 1859
Kansas January 29 1861
West Virginia June 20 1863
Nevada October 21 1864
Nebraska March 1 1867
Colorado August 1 1876
North Dakota November 2 1889
South Dakota November 2 1889
Montana November 8 1889
Idaho July 3 1890
Wyoming July 10 1890
Utah January 4 1896
Oklahoma November 16 1907
New Mexico January 6 1912
Arizona February 14 1912
Alaska January 3 1959
Hawaii August 21 1959
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