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  2. 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 ...

  3. Flag-flying days in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Civilians are also encouraged to display the national flag on these days. Many of the dates listed in the law denote significant events and people that shaped of Mexican identity and the course of its History. Some of the holidays and commemorations listed require the flag to be flown at half-staff. The national flag can be flown any day of the ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  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. Flag protocol - Wikipedia

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    The only flag in the UK that never flies at half mast is the Royal Standard, the personal flag of the monarch. This is due to there never not being a monarch as when one dies another immediately ascends to the throne and thus the flag must be flown at full mast at all times over the residence, building, ship or car that the monarch is in.

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

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    Flags are at half-staff around the United States today in honor of former first lady Rosalynn Carter. Here's how long flags will be at half-staff. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help ...

  9. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    There are some examples of year numbers after 1000 written as two Roman numerals 1–99, e.g. 1613 as XVIXIII, corresponding to the common reading "sixteen thirteen" of such year numbers in English, or 1519 as X XIX as in French quinze-cent-dix-neuf (fifteen-hundred and nineteen), and similar readings in other languages. [37]