Half-Staff Notifications
Presidential and Governor issued Half-Staff Notifications
Fly the United States Flag at Half-Staff on Sunday, May 4, 2025 in honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America's fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the tax-exempt, nonprofit Foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor our fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers.
The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service will be held Sunday, May 4, 2025, to honor firefighters who died in the line of duty.
In accordance to Public Law 107-51, the American flag should be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, May 4, 2025 from sunrise to sunset in observance of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.
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.
