Today is National POW and MIA Recognition Day

Today, Sept. 21, 2018, is National POW and MIA Recognition Day, which is observed annually on the third Friday in September in the United States, reports the National Day Calendar. Every year since 1989 by presidential proclamation, the United States of America remembers and honors those men and women of the Armed Forces who remain missing in action or who are prisoners of war. The nation is reminded to rededicate efforts to bring our patriots home and to care for our military families awaiting word of their loved ones. The POW and MIA Flag is flown this day over the Capitol, the White House, the Korean and Vietnam Veterans Memorials, the offices of the secretaries of State, Defense and Veterans Affairs, of the Selective Service System, and on the grounds or in the lobbies of every major military installation, every post office and all VA Medical Centers and national cemeteries. National Day Calendar is the authoritative source for fun, unusual and unique National Days.