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Trump added that flags will again be flown at half-staff on Monday to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. The national flag is dropped to half its normal height at times when the nation is in mourning or after a national tragedy.
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Flying the flag at half-mast Flags are flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning. ... Flags in any locality can be flown at half-mast when someone local dies, or on the day of their funeral. When lowering the flag from a half-mast position it should be briefly raised to the peak and then lowered ceremoniously.
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A Presidential Proclamation Called for Flags to be Half-Staff through October 18 in Honor of Elijah Cummings. On Thursday, October 17, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation for flags to fly half-staff through sunset on Friday, October 18.
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Our flags are flying at half-mast today because of the state ceremony in memory of former President Richard von Weizsäcker.
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Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff beginning Friday, March 20, 2020 in honor of the following fallen soldiers who were stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Gov. DeSantis orders flags to half-staff to honor Pensacola shooting victims. Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered that the flags of the United States and the state of Florida be lowered immediately and flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday.
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Trump added that flags will again be flown at half-staff on Monday to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. ... The procedure for flying a U.S. flag at half-staff or at half-mast calls for it to be raised briefly to its full peak, then lowered halfway.
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(KFVS) - President Donald Trump proclaimed on Thursday, October 17 that flags will be flown at half-staff to honor Representative Elijah E. ... Both American and state flags at public office buildings will be lowered starting immediately and until sunset on Oct. 18.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has ordered flags to be flown half-staff to honor the life of civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis. ... Ivey said flags will be flown at half-staff until sunset today. “As a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement, he is a proud son of Alabama,” Ivey said in a statement issued Saturday morning.
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More recently, Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. "I call upon all Americans to observe Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities," Trump said in a White House proclamation on May 8.
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States Are Lowering Their Flags in Honor of Those No Longer with Us. In Texas, U.S. and state flags are flying half-staff February 2 through the day of interment for Officer Alan McCollum. The Corpus Christi police officer was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop.
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Presidential proclamations also call for the flag to be flown at half-staff on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (December 7), ... Bush approved legislation requiring the United States flag to be lowered to half-staff on all Federal buildings to memorialize fallen firefighters.
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According to the VA, flags are flown at half-staff (or half-mast, in naval terms) when the “whole nation is at mourning.” Sometimes, individual states and cities will decide to honor a local or regional loss with a half-staff flag.
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The flag is at half-staff in honor of U.S. Representative John Lewis of Georgia who died yesterday. ... Governor Inslee extended the half-staff respect in Washington state until Monday evening, July 20.
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Days the American flag should be flown at half-staff: May 15th – Peace Officers Memorial Day. Last Monday in May – Memorial Day (half-staff until noon only, then raise to the top of the staff) July 27th – Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
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President Trump has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff in memory of the victims of Friday's mass shooting in Virginia. Trump said in a statement released by the White House on Saturday that he was ordering the action as a "mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence."
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PIERRE, S.D. – Upon the directive of President Donald Trump, Governor Kristi Noem ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-staff beginning Sunday, June 2nd until sunset on June 4, 2019 to honor the victims of the tragedy in Virginia Beach, Virginia.