Fly your flag today? Remembering D-Day, 1944 – 69 years ago


First Flag on Utah Beach, June 6, 1944

First Flag on Utah Beach, June 6, 1944 – Photo by Mark Wainwright

Today is the 69th anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, a date generally called D-Day.  I usually get at least one e-mail request:  No, you don’t have to fly your flag.  This is not one of the days designated by Congress for flag-flying.

But you may fly your flag, and probably, you should.  If there are any D-Day veterans in your town, they’ll appreciate it.

This is mostly an encore post.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 6th, 2013 at 1:16 pm and is filed under D-Day, Famous Battles, Flag etiquette, Fly your flag today, History, War, World War II. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to Fly your flag today? Remembering D-Day, 1944 – 69 years ago

  1. Unknown's avatar Fly your flag today? Remembering D-Day, 1944 – 74 years ago | Millard Fillmore's Bathtub says:
    June 6, 2018 at 1:48 pm

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