There are no flag observances in August (unless there’s a half-mast notice).

Since my “thing” is flag etiquette, I’m working on an article for some of the other flags covered by US law presently or in the past (all legally-adopted flags may be flown in their proper settings), such as service banners (Gold Star and Blue Star banners) and civil ensigns (a civil ensign is a merchant flag—the USA has had several unofficial ones and one official one).

On service ensigns, probably the most famous in the world is the United Kingdom’s Red Ensign (its flag for merchant shipping and adopted by a number of nations defaced with their arms as their nation’s flag). Two Canadian provinces also use a defaced Red Ensign as the provincial flag (Ontario and Manitoba).

On the issue of Canadian vexillology, Canada and her provinces’ flags have a rich and varied history. Since I love digging into vexillology, Canada’s flag history is another subject I want to tee up for the right-hand column of Little Green Footballs for August. (Interestingly in my hunting, I’ve found there are a number of small “c” conservatives in Canada who feel the current national flag was illegally adopted, and the former Red Ensign defaced with the Arms of Canada is the “true” flag.)

I can also dig into the flag histories of other countries if anyone is interested here.