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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY Updated December 8, 2024 at 6:40 AM President Joe Biden and governors across the U.S. have directed that flags fly at half-staff Saturday, December 7, in honor of ...
The flag of the United States flown at half-staff at the City of Bridgeton Police and Municipal Court Complex in a Daily Journal file photo from 2020.
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.
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
The U.S. flag atop the White House flying at half-staff in 2019 in honor of Elijah Cummings; the U.S. flag atop the White House is often flown at half-staff to commemorate certain events such as the death of important people. The White House in Washington, D.C., is the official residence of the president of the United States.
The U.S. flag is defined by 4 U.S.C. § 5, executive order and official government standards: . The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to sections 1 and 2 of this title and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.
Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Nov. 16, according to a news release. Why are flags in Iowa at half-staff on Saturday, Nov. 16?
During National Flag Week, the president will issue a proclamation "urging the people to observe the day as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14, 1777, by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States of America." The flag should also be displayed on all government buildings.