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Flags are flown at half-mast on ships and at naval stations. On shore, flags are flown at half-staff, meaning the flagpole is attached to a building or stuck in the ground. What are Jimmy Carter's ...
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 ...
U.S. and state flags in Washington flew at half-staff Tuesday for former state Rep. Georgette Valle, who died July 10 at age 99. Gov. Jay Inslee issued the directive for the longtime King County ...
Why is the US flag at half-staff or half-mast today, May 15, 2024? Peace Officers Memorial Day is May 15. Each year, flags are raised to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, except when the day ...
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 ...
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?
Per Governor Lee's orders, flags will be flown half-staff today to honor fallen Memphis police officer Joseph Russell McKinney. McKinney was shot and killed on Friday, April 12 in the line of duty ...
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 ...