September – November 2026 Fall Issue
Holidays to Display Flag
- Labor Day – Sept. 7
- Patriot Day – Sept. 11 (Half-staff until sunset)
- U.S. Constitution Approved – Sept. 17, 1787
- Citizenship Day – Sept. 17
- POW/MIA Recognition Day – Sept. 18
American flag at full-staff; POW/MIA flag at half-staff, where observed - Gold Star Mothers and Families Day – Sept. 27
- Columbus Day – Oct. 12
- Navy Birthday – Oct. 13, 1775
- Navy Day – Oct. 27
- Election Day – Nov. 3
- Marine Corps Birthday – Nov. 10
- Veterans Day – Nov. 11
- Thanksgiving Day – Nov. 26
And other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States
Non-Flag Display Days
- U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Incorporated – Sept. 10, 1962
- World Suicide Prevention Day – Sept. 10
- Grandparents Day – Sept. 13
- “The Star-Spangled Banner” Written by Francis Scott Key – Sept. 14, 1814
- Ladies Auxiliary VFW Organized – Sept. 14, 1914
- U.S. Air Force Established – Sept. 18, 1947
- International Day of Peace – Sept. 21
- Autumn Begins – Sept. 22
- VFW Day / VFW Established – Sept. 29, 1899
- Afghanistan War Began – Oct. 7, 2001
- National Boss’s Day – Oct. 16
- Grenada Campaign Began – Oct. 23, 1983
- United Nations Day – Oct. 24
- Halloween – Oct. 31
- Daylight Saving Time Ends – Nov. 1
Set clocks back one hour - Grenada Campaign Ended – Nov. 21, 1983
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