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Federal Law Mandates Flying of the
POW/MIA Flag on the Following Days:

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Public Law 105-85 requires the National League of Families POW/MIA flag be flown on:
  • Armed Forces Day, May 16
  • Memorial Day, May 25
  • Flag Day, June 14
  • Independence Day, July 4
  • POW/MIA Day, 3rd Friday of September
  • Veterans Day, Nov. 11

The law now requires the following to fly the flag:

  • United Post Offices
  • Veterans Administration

The flag flies at Veteran Adminstration medical facilities any day the U. S. flag is displayed. At post offices, the flag flies on the last business day before each of the specified days.

In addition to every major military installation the flag will fly at:

  • the Capitol
  • the White House
  • the Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • each national cemetery

and at each of the buildings containing the official offices of:

  • the Secretary of Defense
  • the Secretary of State
  • the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  • the director of the Selective Service System.

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