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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). [49] 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 ...
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.
An American flag now flies over Gate 17 of Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, departure gate of United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11. The flag is displayed at half-staff (half-mast in naval usage) as a sign of respect or mourning. Nationwide, this action is proclaimed by the president; statewide or territory ...
A flag is seen at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Flags often fly at half-staff to honor at national tragedy, holiday, or the death of a government official, military ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff Monday until the end of the day. The governor ordered the flag change to honor the 1,200 people who died during the Hamas ...
Why are the flags at half-staff in Tennessee? By order of Gov. Lee, flags over the State Capitol and all state office buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday, Nov. 17, to ...
Yes, state and U.S. flags were at half-staff today, May 15. Here’s why: May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day and May 12 through 18 is Police Week, and President Joe Biden issued a proclamation ...
The 2020 Mississippi flag referendum was a legislatively referred state statute appearing on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot in Mississippi.. Voters were asked whether the design proposed by the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag, which does not contain the Confederate battle flag and includes the words "In God We Trust", should be adopted as the new official flag ...