Jul

21

Have you Noticed all the Flags at Half-Staff? New State Law Requires Flags to be lowered more often.

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Little Rock, AR – July 16, 2010 – As your driving around our wonderful state this summer you might have noticed how often the flags, both the US and Arkansas are at Half-Staff. A new law on the books requires that the Arkansas flag be lowered upon the death of a soldier killed in action.

Arkansas Code Annotated, Section 1-4-128, states “The State of Arkansas shall honor and pay tribute to a member of the armed services who is killed in action by lowering all state flags located on public buildings to half-mast from the time notice of the death of a member of the armed services is received and for a period of three (3) days thereafter.”

So with this new law and the existing Federal flag code, requiring the US flag be flown at half staff on the day of interment for a soldier killed in action, we are seeing both flags down much more often.

Kerry McCoy, President of Arkansas’ FlagandBanner.com says, “Calls about the flag being at half staff is one of the questions we get the most. I really think it is wonderful that we now have a law that honors our fallen heroes, but it is hard for people to stay informed.”

Because of this law, Arkansas’ FlagandBanner.com now offers flag alerts for Arkansas to go along with their national flag alerts.

“We have offered notifications for when to fly the US flag at half staff for years and it just made sense for us to now offer the state flag notifications for Arkansans that want to honor our fallen heroes”, says Kerry McCoy.

You can sign up for either of Arkansas Flag and Banners Half Staff Flag Alerts at http://www.flagandbanner.com/mlsubscription.asp or email brian@flagandbanner.com and ask to be added to their list.

For information: http://www.flagandbanner.com or
Contact: brian@flagandbanner.com
Phone: 1-800-445-0653

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Jul

7

AFB on Fox16 News

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Fox16 News came out on last Saturday and did a nice story about Arkansas’ FlagandBanner.com and the current state of the flag business.

You can see it HERE!

Jul

1

The Climate of the Flag Industry? It’s HOT!

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Little Rock, AR – July 1, 2010 – The 4th of July marks the un-official end of the flag season and this one has been a great one. Arkansas Flag and Banner, based in Little Rock, has experienced the best flag season in a number of years.

Kerry McCoy, owner of Arkansas’ FlagandBanner.com says, “This is the best flag season we’ve had in several years. Considering we ship all over the country, our increased sales lead us to believe that the economy is improving.”

“We do a large portion of our business in the months leading up to the 4th of July, what we call the flag season… that’s Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, and then Independence Day on the 4th. The last few years have been off; we have not seen the type of growth we have become accustomed too. This year is different, we have seen a significant up-tick in sales.” says Kerry.

Arkansas Flag and Banner was established in 1975, is headquartered in Little Rock, AR, and has 25 employees.

Want to find out more, come down to Arkansas Flag and Banner this Saturday, July 3rd to visit with Kerry McCoy; she will be in the showroom personally helping customers with their last minute decorating needs. Kerry says, “I am expecting a banner day on Saturday!”

Their store is located at 800 W Ninth Street in downtown Little Rock.

For information: http://www.flagandbanner.com or
Contact: kerry@flagandbanner.com
Phone: 1-800-445-0653
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