Half-Staff Notifications
Presidential and Governor issued Half-Staff Notifications
November 4 to sunset November 20, 2025
The funeral for Dick Cheney will be held on November 20, 2025, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., bringing together national leaders, dignitaries, and invited guests to honor his decades of public service.
According to the U.S. Flag Code, flags are to be lowered to half-staff from the day of his death until the day of his interment. On the day of his interment, flags will be returned to full-staff at sunset, marking the formal conclusion of the half-staff period under the statute.
Display of U.S. Flag
The United States Code identifies several days when a particular effort should be made to display the U.S. Flag. Those days are:
- New Year's Day, January 1
- Inauguration Day, January 20
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, third Monday in January
- Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
- Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February
- National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29
- Easter Sunday (variable)
- Mother's Day, second Sunday in May
- Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15 (half-staff sunrise until sunset)*
- Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May
- Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May*
- Flag Day, June 14
- Father's Day, third Sunday in June
- Independence Day, July 4
- National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27
- Labor Day, first Monday in September
- Patriot Day, September 11 (half-staff sunrise until sunset)*
- Constitution Day, September 17
- Columbus Day, second Monday in October
- Navy Day, October 27
- Veterans Day, November 11
- Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November
- Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7 (half-staff sunrise to sunset)*
- Christmas Day, December 25
- And such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States.
