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  2. 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 ...

  3. Flag and seal of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse of the seal against a blue background. A state flag was first adopted at the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, readopted in 1912, [ 1 ] and standardized by the General Assembly in February 1950. [ 2 ]

  4. Why are flags at half staff? Flags lowered to note Patriot ...

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    President Joe Biden asked that all flags be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, but this tradition is not unusual. Wednesday is Patriot Day, the official holiday to remember the lives that were ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Virginia Quay Settlers Monument - Wikipedia

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    The flags are at half-mast for the death of Prince Philip. The Virginia Quay Settlers Monument is a public monument in Tower Hamlets, London, to the first settlers of the Colony of Virginia who departed from here in 1606. [1] [2] The monument has its origins in a plaque erected on the Brunswick Dock master's house in 1928.

  7. Flags at half-staff on December 7 for Pearl Harbor ... - AOL

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    President Joe Biden and governors across the U.S. have directed that flags fly at half-staff Saturday, December 7, in honor of Americans who died at Pearl Harbor 83 years ago.. National Pearl ...

  8. Why are American flags at half-staff in Florida on Dec. 7?

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    On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half-mast. On shore, flags are flown at half-staff. This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Flags to fly half-staff ...

  9. Court House, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    United States and Virginia flags flying at half-staff on 9/11/2002 at the Arlington County, Virginia, courthouse complex The In Valor There is Hope memorial, which is outside of the main entrance of the courthouse. Court House, also known as Courthouse, is a transit-oriented neighborhood [1] in Arlington County, Virginia.