36 U.S.C. § 111 — Gold Star Mother’s Day

(a) Designation. This section names the last Sunday in September "Gold Star Mother's Day." (b) Proclamation. The section asks — but does not require — the President to issue a proclamation about the day. That proclamation would call on two groups. First, it would call on United States government officials to display the American flag on all government buildings. Second, it would call on the people of the United States to display the flag too, and to hold suitable gatherings at homes, churches, or other fitting places. The purpose of these gatherings, as the text puts it, is to publicly express the people's "love, sorrow, and reverence" for Gold Star Mothers — mothers who lost a child in military service.