2013 Maryland Code
STATE GOVERNMENT
§ 13-205 - Display on State House -- POW/MIA flag
§13-205.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) “Flag to honor and remember members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty” means:
(i) a flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc.; or
(ii) the flag designated by the United States Congress as the official symbol to honor and remember members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty.
(3) “POW/MIA flag” means the POW/MIA flag of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.
(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, each year, the POW/MIA flag and a flag to honor and remember members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty shall be flown on the State House grounds on:
(i) the third Saturday in May, for Armed Forces Day;
(ii) May 30, for Memorial Day;
(iii) the day that the United States Congress designates for the observance of Memorial Day if other than May 30;
(iv) the Saturday and Sunday that are closest to May 30, unless the United States Congress designates another day for the observance of Memorial Day, in which case, the Saturday and Sunday that are closest to the day designated by the United States Congress;
(v) July 4, for Independence Day;
(vi) the third Friday in September, for POW/MIA Recognition Day;
(vii) November 11, for Veterans’ Day;
(viii) the day that the United States Congress designates for the observance of Veterans’ Day if other than November 11; and
(ix) the Saturday and Sunday that are closest to November 11, unless the United States Congress designates another day for the observance of Veterans’ Day, in which case, the Saturday and Sunday that are closest to the day designated by the United States Congress.
(2) If the United States Congress designates a flag as the official symbol to honor and remember members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty, the flag designated by Congress shall be flown in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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