Abstract: A banner mounting kit for use with decorative banners, the mounting kit including a bracket assembly with a base unit with attachment apparatus for mounting the base unit to a support structure such as a post, wall or other generally pre-existing structure, the base unit having a T-shaped slide rail of substantially uniform cross section, the bracket assembly also including an arm unit with a pole socket, a banner pole and banner tie down anchor, the arm unit having a key slot complementary to the slide rail for slidably engaging the arm unit on the base unit, the arm unit and base unit having an interconnection mechanism that adjustably secures the arm unit to the base unit, the arm unit having a centered pole socket in which one end of a banner pole is mounted, the banner pole engaging one end of a decorative banner, the bracket assembly being principally used in a paired, spaced arrangement for stretching a banner therebetween.