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In 1971, Mrs. Michael Hoff, an MIA spouse and member of the National League of Households, acknowledged the necessity for an emblem of our POW/MIAs. Prompted by an article in the Jacksonville, Florida Times-Union, Mrs. Hoff contacted Norman Rivkees, Vice President of Annin & Company which had made a banner for the newest member of the United Nations, the People's Republic of China, as a part of their coverage to supply flags to all United Nations members states. Mrs. Hoff found Mr. Rivkees very sympathetic to the POW/MIA concern, and he, along with Annin's promoting company, designed a flag to characterize our missing men. Following League approval, the flags have been manufactured for distribution. On March 9, 1989, an official League flag, which flew over the White House on 1988 National POW/MIA Recognition Day, was installed within the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of laws passed overwhelmingly in the course of the 100th Congress. In a demonstration of bipartisan Congressional help, the leadership of both Houses hosted the installation ceremony. The League's POW/MIA flag is the only flag ever displayed within the U.S. Capitol Rotunda where it's going to stand as a strong symbol of national dedication to America's POW/MIAs till the fullest attainable accounting has been achieved for U.S. personnel still missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. On August 10, 1990, the one hundred and first Congress handed U.S. Public Law a hundred and one-355, which recognized the League's POW/MIA flag and designated it "because the symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as absolutely as potential the fates of Individuals nonetheless prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the uncertainty for his or her families and the Nation". The significance of the League's POW/MIA flag lies in its continued visibility, a continuing reminder of the plight of America's POW/MIAs. Apart from "Old Glory", the League's POW/MIA flag is the only flag ever to fly over the White Home, having been displayed on this place of honor on Nationwide POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982. With passage of Part 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act in the course of the first term of the one hundred and fifth Congress, the League's POW/MIA flag will fly annually on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day on the grounds or within the public lobbies of major military installations as designated by the Secretary of the Defense, all Federal national cemeteries, the nationwide Korean Struggle Veterans Memorial, the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the White Home, the United States Postal Service post offices and on the official places of work of the Secretaries of State, Protection and Veteran's Affairs, and Director of the Selective Service System.
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