4 Pa. Code § 7.42 - Where and when to display the flag
(a)
The flag shall be displayed:
(1) Daily, on or
near the main administration building of every public institution.
(2) In or near every polling place on
election days.
(3) During school
days in or near every schoolhouse.
(b) It is the universal custom to display the
flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in
the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be
displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of
darkness.
(c) The flag shall be
hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
(d) The flag may not be displayed on days
when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather flag is
displayed.
(e) The flag shall be
displayed on all days, especially on the following days:
(1) New Year's Day, January 1.
(2) Inauguration Day, January 20.
(3) Lincoln's Birthday, February
12.
(4) Washington's Birthday,
third Monday in February.
(5)
Easter Sunday.
(6) Mother's Day,
second Sunday in May.
(7) Armed
Forces Day, third Saturday in May.
(8) Memorial Day, half-staff until noon, the
last Monday in May.
(9) Flag Day,
June 14.
(10) Independence Day,
July 4.
(11) Labor Day, first
Monday in September.
(12)
Constitution Day, September 17.
(13) Columbus Day, second Monday in
October.
(14) Navy Day, October
27.
(15) Veterans Day, November
11.
(16) Thanksgiving Day, fourth
Thursday in November.
(17)
Pennsylvania's Birthday, as a State, December 12.
(18) Christmas Day, December 25.
(19) Such other days as may be proclaimed by
the President of the United States or the Governor of this
Commonwealth.
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