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The following flags are flown on the property, starting mid-August 2025. Each flag is up for a week, unless there's a conflict with another flag.

American Flags

4'x6', top position. Typically the current U.S. flag is flown, with these exceptions:

Betsy Ross Flag: Flown on the 3rd Monday in April for Patriots' Day.
Hopkinson Flag: Flown on June 14 for Flag Day. Detailed here.
Bennington Flag: Flown on August 16, as detailed here.

The American flag is flown at half-staff on the following dates:

May 4, National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day.
May 15, Peace Officers Memorial Day (unless it falls on Armed Forces Day).
Last Monday in May, Memorial Day. Half-staff until noon.
September 11, Patriot Day.
December 7, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

And on other days specified by the United States President or New Hampshire Governor, most recently including:

November 5-?, 2025, Governor Ayotte Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Former Vice President Cheney .
September 10-14, 2025, Honoring the Memory of Charlie Kirk, Governor Ayotte Directs Flags to Half-Staff in Memory of Charlie Kirk.
August 27-31, 2025, Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
August 28, 2025, in memory of Northwood (NH) Fire Department Captain Christopher Brown.

Secondary Flags

3'x5', lower position.

When flying the American flag at half-staff, there isn't room for a lower flag, so the scheduled lower flag may not always be flown.

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Flag: Flown February 9 and July 12 in honor of my late wife's birth and death, and during November for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Guilford Courthouse Flag: Flown March 15 as detailed here.
Pine Tree Flag: Flown April 14 for George Washington's schooners and the Pine Tree Riot in Weare as detailed here.
Bunker Hill Flag: Flown June 17 for the battle of Bunker Hill. Note this is the red field version as detailed here.
New Hampshire State Flag: Flown June 21, when New Hampshire was admitted to the Union.
Moultrie Flag: Flown June 28 as detailed here.
Dunbarton Town Seal Flag: Flown August 10 for the town charter.
Sons of Liberty Flag: Flown August 14 as detailed here.
Brandywine Flag: Flown September 3 as detailed here, and because the U.S. flag must fly at half-staff on 9/11, and the flagpole does not hold two flags at half-staff.
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Flag: Flown February 9 and July 12 in honor of my late wife's birth and death, and during November for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Gadsden Flag: Flown December 20 as detailed here.

Note that these flags depict parts of the country's formation and history, and are not intended to represent or support any current political ideology.