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Two flags half-mast at the Martinitoren in Groningen, Netherlands. The flag of the Netherlands is nationally flown at half-mast: On remembrance day of the dead (4 May). [49] After the formal two minutes of silence at 8 p.m., the flag used to be hoisted upon the playing of the national anthem. Since 2001, it is left at half-mast, even after the ...
Other occasions flags are at half-staff. Flags are flown at half-staff, usually for government officials, military members or someone the president believes the country will be in mourning for.
"The United States flag flies at half-staff or at half-mast when the nation or a state is in mourning," USA.gov says. "The president, a state governor, or the mayor of the District of Columbia can ...
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. Flags will be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, May 15. Gov.
Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #215 ordering American flags and the Wisconsin state flag to be flown at half-staff on Saturday, Oct. 28, in honor of former Wisconsin State Rep. John Klenke ...
"The United States flag flies at half-staff or at half-mast when the nation or a state is in mourning," USA.gov says. "The president, a state governor, or the mayor of the District of Columbia can ...
U.S. and state flags in Washington flew at half-staff Tuesday for former state Rep. Georgette Valle, who died July 10 at age 99. Gov. Jay Inslee issued the directive for the longtime King County ...
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 ...