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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 building. In many countries this is seen as a symbol of respect ...
When such a proclamation is issued, all government buildings, offices, public schools and military bases are to fly their flags at half-staff. Under federal law (4 U.S.C. § 7(f)), the flags of states, cities, localities, and pennants of societies, shall never be placed above the flag of the United States.
The flag of the state of Illinois bearing the central elements of the seal on a white field was adopted in 1915, and the word Illinois was added to the flag in 1970. In a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association , the flag of Illinois was ranked 49th out of 72 different flags of states and territories, mainly in the US and ...
What's the difference between half-staff and half-mast? Half-mast refers to flags on boats or ships, and half-staff refers to flags on land. Drew Dawson can be reached at ddawson@jrn.com or 262 ...
President Joe Biden ordered all United States Flags through Aug. 4 to remember the life of U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski. Why flags are flying at half-staff, half-mast in the US today Skip ...
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 ...
The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America. It is part of Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 5 et seq). Although this is a U.S. federal law, [1] the code is not mandatory: it uses non-binding language like "should" and "custom ...
Flags are being lowered to half-staff across the U.S. through March 27 to honor the life of Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state. Why flags will fly at half-staff, half-mast in ...