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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.
After Trump is inaugurated, he could technically override Biden’s proclamation as President and raise the flags, an act that Nixon did for a single day in 1973 to honor the release of American ...
President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff for five days in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who ...
The design divided the flag into four quarters (like the British royal standard): the upper left was the white stars on a blue background (same as the national flag); the lower left had a Goddess of Liberty on a white background; the upper right had an eagle emblem on a white background, and the lower right had the thirteen red and white ...
Flying the American flag, or a state flag, halfway up the flagpole is a symbol of mourning for the country or state after the death of a government official, military member or first responder; a ...
Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land, at least in the U.S. In Canada and Britain, even flags flown on land are referred to being at half-mast ...
In a presidential proclamation, Biden said flags shall remain lowered at the White House and all other federal buildings through sunset on March 22 “as a mark of respect” for the victims of ...
Flags will be flying at half-staff across Florida and the U.S. through the weekend in honor of the victims in Lewiston, Maine.. President Biden ordered the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff ...