Section 53-3-165 of the South Carolina Code of Laws designates the third Friday in September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day in South Carolina and provides that flags atop state and local public buildings shall be flown at half-staff. Accordingly, the Governor directs that on Friday, September 16, 2022, the flags atop state and local public buildings shall be flown at half-staff in observance of POW/MIA Recognition Day.