Heres some American Flag etiquette that you may not know: Displaying a flag on the grave of a fallen soldier or veteran is a traditional Memorial Day activity . Traditionally, the flags are placed on the graves on Thursday or Friday before Memorial Day. Memorial Day, held on the last Monday in May every year, is celebrated with ceremonies and prayers at the grave sites of the soldiers. A few days after the ceremonies, the cemetery personnel will collect the flags from the graves. Typically, a placed flag is left for a week before removal. Do not use the American flag for any form of decoration. According to the Flag Code, the flag is only to be placed on veterans graves on Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and other specific dates listed on American Flags online. New days may be added as proclaimed only by the President of the United States. If the flag is on a flagpole, it must fly half-staff until noon on some dates, such as Memorial Day, Patriot Day, Firefighters Memorial Day and Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. If the flag is not on a flagpole, but is a hand-placed flag, remove it on the next day and store it neatly and ceremoniously.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 16:06:38 +0000
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