Interior/NPS flag-guidance memo limits flagpoles to U.S., Interior and POW/MIA flags; Stonewall Pride flag removed Feb. 9

Guidance/memoDOI

Date
Actor
Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Agency
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Type
Guidance/memo
Section
SUPPLEMENT: ACTIONS MISSED BY EARLIER SWEEPS, JANUARY 2025 TO NOVEMBER 2026

Summary

A Jan. 21, 2026 NPS flag guidance memorandum limits flags on NPS-managed flagpoles to the U.S. flag, the Interior flag and the POW/MIA flag, with narrow exceptions. Citing that guidance, NPS took down the Pride flag on the Stonewall National Monument flagpole around Feb. 8-9, 2026. New York officials and residents raised a Pride flag on Feb. 12, and an Interior spokesperson called it a political stunt. A federal lawsuit followed.

Status

Flag restored by April 2026 settlement; the general NPS flag memo remains in effect.

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