Flag Retirements at Camp

The United States Flag Code also establishes advisory rules for display and care for the flag of the United States of America. It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code. This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it and it is not widely enforced, as the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies.

The flag should always be displayed on the following holidays:

• New Year's Day, January 1st

• Inauguration Day, January 20th

• Birthday of The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., 3rd Monday in January

• Birthday of the 16th American President: Abraham Lincoln, February 12th

• Birthday of the 1st American President: George Washington, 3rd Monday in February

• Birthdays of States, March 2nd for Texas

• Pascha/Easter Sunday, variable - between March 22nd and April 25

• Mother's Day, 2nd Sunday in May

• Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff), May 15th

• Armed Forces Day, 3rd Saturday in May

• Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), last Monday in May

• Flag Day, June 14th

• Father's Day, 2nd Sunday in June

• Independence Day, July 4th

• Labor Day, 1st Monday in September

• Patriots Day (half-staff), September 11th

• Constitution Day, September 17th

• Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service Day (half-staff), October 8th

• Christopher Columbus Arrival in the Americas Day, 2nd Monday in October

• Veterans Day, November 11th

• Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff), December 7th

• Nativity of Christ/Christmas Day, December 25th

• Any other days proclaimed by the President of the United States of America or the Governor of Texas (or Governor of any other American State or U.S. Territory that you are currently residing in)