Learn Memorial Day flag etiquette, including when to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff and how to honor the fallen with proper flag display. Backed by U.S. Flag Code and veteran traditions.

This year, Flag Day coincides with the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, marked by a large military parade in Washington, D.C., led by President Donald Trump, whose birthday is also on June 14.

Veterans, along with active military, family and friends, helped with the flag display at the Arlington Memorial Gardens in Springfield Township, Ohio, on May 22.

Reilly stressed that a U.S. flag should never be discarded in the trash. “There are a lot of flags that end up in the trash and thrown over the hill with grass clippings,” Reilly said.

Councilman Roy Christensen was a Boy Scout and a military officer. So he noticed right away that the American flag and the city flag were not being displayed properly in Lincoln's City Council ...