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  2. Why are flags at half-staff today at the Georgia capitol?

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    In a tribute to the men and women who serve in law enforcement, the flags on the State Capitol building and in Carroll and Paulding Counties were ordered to be flown at half-staff following the ...

  3. Why U.S. Flags Will Be Flown Half-Staff on Inauguration Day - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. How long will flags be at half-staff? Here's what to know ...

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    Flags are flown at half-mast on ships and at naval stations. On shore, flags are flown at half-staff, meaning the flagpole is attached to a building or stuck in the ground. What are Jimmy Carter's ...

  5. Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

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    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 ...

  6. Why are flags at half-staff today? Honoring Rosalynn Carter ...

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    In honor of Rosalynn Carter, President Joe Biden ordered flags to be flown half-staff starting Saturday, Nov. 25 through Wednesday, Nov. 29.

  7. Half-mast - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Why flags are flying at half-staff, half-mast in the US today

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    President Joe Biden ordered all United States Flags through Aug. 4 to remember the life of U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski. Why flags are flying at half-staff, half-mast in the US today Skip ...

  9. Biden orders flags at half-staff to honor Rosalynn Carter - AOL

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    President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff starting Saturday through Rosalynn Carter's burial in her hometown of Plains, Georgia, next week.