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The flags were ordered to remain at half-staff for 30 days or until Jan. 29. While the country’s flag code dictates flags remain lowered following a president’s death, the code is not mandatory.
Why are flags at half-staff? After announcing the national day of mourning set for Jan. 9, Biden said all flags will be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on public buildings and ...
The flags were flown at half-staff during President Richard Nixon’s inauguration for his second term on Jan. 20, 1973, due to him having lowered them earlier for the death of former President ...
The Finnish flag flying at half-mast after the 2011 Norway attacks The American flag flying at half-mast in Buchenwald, Thuringia, Nazi Germany, on 19 April 1945 after the death of US President Franklin Roosevelt. Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a ...
After the death of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain — with whom Trump had a fractious relationship — in 2018, the Stars and Stripes were briefly lowered to half-staff over the weekend but went back up to full height the following Monday, while flags at the U.S. Capitol and elsewhere stayed at half-staff. The flag was lowered again to ...
Why are flags at half-staff? In announcing the national day of mourning, set for Jan. 9, Biden also said all flags will be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on public buildings and ...
The joint resolution calls for the sitting President to issue a yearly proclamation requesting that all U.S. flags be flown at half-staff. The President also calls for a moment of silence ...
Flags will be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, May 15. Gov. Greg Abbott's website offers flag status for such occasions. What to know.