# Veterans Day! Am I supposed to fly the flag Sunday or Monday or both? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655 "2012-11-11T04:19:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/1 "2012-11-11T04:19:06Z")
Veterans Day! Am I supposed to fly the flag Sunday, Nov. 11th, or Monday, Nov. 12th, or both days? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/2 "2012-11-11T04:27:29Z")
The whole point of having a day of remembrance is to remember the freaking day. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/3 "2012-11-11T04:35:18Z")
Sunday. It’s also why school isn’t closed this Monday. Veteran’s Day is one of the very few holidays left that doesn’t get shuffled around to provide long weekends. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/4 "2012-11-11T04:48:01Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > The whole point of having a day of remembrance is to remember the freaking day. I know that, but the calendar says it is _observed_ on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/5 "2012-11-11T04:54:31Z")
I believe schools here ARE closed, so that’s obviously a ‘depends on where you live’ kind of thing. Put the flag up fro a whole week; why not? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/6 "2012-11-11T04:59:52Z")
Well, our school probably would be closed Monday had we not been closed last Tuesday for the election. Pragmatism trumps patriotism any day of the week when you’re making a school calendar. And, yeah, no one’s going to complain if you just fly that flag for the week! ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/7 "2012-11-11T15:13:31Z")
Fly it the whole year. I do.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/8 "2012-11-11T17:57:07Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > Sunday. It’s also why school isn’t closed this Monday. Veteran’s Day is one of the very few holidays left that doesn’t get shuffled around to provide long weekends. Veterans Day is a federal holiday that is celebrated on Monday this year. Fly the flag both days, and as already stated, all year is just fine. Just [don’t fly it upside down](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/upside-down-flag-west-virginia-mcdonald-raises-questions-154746450.html) and claim it was an eight-hour oopsie. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-am-i-supposed-to-fly-the-flag-sunday-or-monday-or-both/640655/9 "2012-11-11T21:11:01Z")
If you’re only going to fly it for the holiday, then Sunday, because that is the holiday. We fly ours all year, weather permitting. As for it being observed on Monday, I think that’s just an excuse for some to get a 3 day weekend. Some schools are out around here, some districts, not. Some people work, some have a holiday. Usually they don’t move Veteran’s Day around to suit those wanting a vacation.