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  2. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    Numerals in documents and inscriptions from the Middle Ages sometimes include additional symbols, which today are called "medieval Roman numerals". Some simply substitute another letter for the standard one (such as " A " for " V ", or " Q " for " D "), while others serve as abbreviations for compound numerals (" O " for " XI ", or " F " for ...

  3. Half-mast - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Flag of Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    The last infantry colour, adopted in 1862, was a plain square white and yellow flag. [17] On 8 February 1849, while Pope Pius IX was in exile in Gaeta, a Roman Republic was declared. The new government's flag was the Italian tricolor with the motto "Dio e Popolo" on the central stripe. The papal government and its flags were restored on 2 July ...

  5. Why flags are at half-staff, half-mast today in Ohio? - AOL

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    Flags are being flown at half-staff throughout Ohio on Sunday. Flags on public buildings and grounds throughout Ohio are being flown at half-staff on Sunday as part of the 43rd National Fallen ...

  6. Why are flags at half-staff, and how long will they stay ...

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    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 ...

  7. Why are some flags at half-staff, and some aren't? What to ...

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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 ...

  8. Flag protocol - Wikipedia

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    When flown separately, a state's flag may be at the same height as the US flag, with the US flag to the left of the state flag, from the perspective of the viewer. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] When flown with several state flags, the US flag should be at the same height and to the flag's own right (viewer's left), or at the center of and higher than a ...

  9. Why are flags at half-staff in Tennessee today? - AOL

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    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 remember the five Fort Campbell soldiers killed ...