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By Brea Miller|2026-11-12T09:45:18-05:00November 10th, 2026|Categories: American Flag, Flag Tips & Guides, History and Commemoration|Tags: flag code, flag display, flag etiquette, flag protocol, military flags, pow mia flag, veterans day|9 min read
Veterans Day is a full staff day. It is in 4 U.S.C. 6(d) as a display day, and nothing lowers the flag for November 11. Plus the POW/MIA flag rule that changed in 2019 and that most guides still have wrong.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-12T09:45:29-05:00November 9th, 2026|Categories: Flag Tips & Guides, Flags, History and Commemoration|Tags: flag code, flag display, flag protocol, marine corps, marine corps birthday, military flags|12 min read
November 10 is the Marine Corps' birthday. A 1921 order still read aloud every year, a cake cut in a fixed order, a memorial flag that never comes down, and where the scarlet flag stands in a lineup.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-12T09:45:22-05:00October 26th, 2026|Categories: American Flag, Flag Tips & Guides, History and Commemoration|Tags: flag code, flag display, flag etiquette, flag protocol, military flags, navy day, navy flag|6 min read
October 27 is Navy Day, a full staff display day still named in 4 U.S.C. 6(d) even though the observance itself ended in 1949. Why the date honors Theodore Roosevelt, and why it is not the Navy's birthday.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-06T16:24:44-05:00September 21st, 2026|Categories: Flag Tips & Guides, Flags|Tags: country flags, flag code, flag display, flag protocol, position of honor, un flags, united nations|10 min read
195 flags on six blocks of First Avenue, all the same size, all at the same height, in plain alphabetical order. Why the UN refuses to rank them, and the same rule in the US Flag Code.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-05T16:16:04-05:00September 17th, 2026|Categories: Flag Tips & Guides, Flags|Tags: business accounts, commercial flags, custom flag, flag code, flag etiquette, flag procurement, flag replacement|10 min read
Buying flags for an agency, school, or commercial building is a standing obligation, not a one-time purchase. Specification, replacement cycles, Flag Code protocol, and the federal sourcing rule.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-06T16:23:06-05:00September 16th, 2026|Categories: Flag Tips & Guides, Flags|Tags: flag code, flag display, flag precedence, flag protocol, military flags, position of honor, pow mia flag|8 min read
US flag with state, corporate, and foreign flags. Military service flag order including Space Force. The position of honor explained, with sources.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-09T16:59:04-05:00September 15th, 2026|Categories: American Flag, Flag Tips & Guides|Tags: flag code, flag display, flag etiquette, flag myths, flag protocol, half-staff|10 min read
A plain, sourced guide to US flag etiquette: display hours, weather, half-staff, multiple flags, and the myths worth dropping. Cited to 4 U.S.C. Chapter 1.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-06T16:23:02-05:00September 14th, 2026|Categories: American Flag, Flag Tips & Guides|Tags: flag code, flag etiquette, flag proclamation, flag protocol, half-staff, memorial day, mourning streamer|10 min read
Who can order half-staff, how long it lasts, the two steps almost everyone skips, and where to check whether an order is in effect right now.
By Brea Miller|2026-11-09T16:59:00-05:00September 10th, 2026|Categories: American Flag, History and Commemoration|Tags: 9/11 memorial, flag code, flag etiquette, half-staff, patriot day, pentagon flag, september 11|15 min read
September 11 half-staff is not in the Flag Code. It exists by proclamation, one year at a time. What Patriot Day asks, how to fly the flag, and the service half most guides leave out.
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