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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.
Flags around the country continue to be displayed at half-staff on land and half-mast over water in remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter, who died in late December.. Carter, who served in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why are flags at half-staff? In announcing the national day of mourning, set for Jan. 9, Biden also said all flags will be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on public buildings and ...
The only flag in the UK that never flies at half mast is the Royal Standard, the personal flag of the monarch. This is due to there never not being a monarch as when one dies another immediately ascends to the throne and thus the flag must be flown at full mast at all times over the residence, building, ship or car that the monarch is in.
Flags are also flown at half-staff on Memorial Day on the last Monday of May, or other national memorial occasions, such as the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Show comments Advertisement
The joint resolution calls for the sitting President to issue a yearly proclamation requesting that all U.S. flags be flown at half-staff. The President also calls for a moment of silence ...