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According to the U.S. General Services Administration, flags are flown at half-staff when the country or a specific state is mourning following national tragedies, for days of remembrance or in ...
Wondering, why are the flags at half-staff today? Learn the rules of etiquette in flying the American flag, according to government officials and holidays.
Private companies and citizens can also display flags at half-staff. How long will flags stay at half-staff? The White House ordered public flags to be displayed at half-staff for a period of 30 ...
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). [51] 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 ...
Private companies and citizens can also choose to display flags at half-staff. How long will flags stay at half-staff? The White House ordered public flags to be displayed at half-staff for a ...
(WHTM) — You’ll see the American flag flying at half staff for the next month. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the flag flies at half staff for 30 days at all federal ...
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Dec. 7 − Half-staff from sunrise to sunset. What is flag protocol for raising a flag half-mast or half-staff? The flag should be hoisted to the peak for an ...
Rules for flying a Stars and Stripes at half-staff. Flags are traditionally flown in public only from sunrise to sunset, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but can be flown at ...