The U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, Dec. 29, 2024. Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died on Sunday at the age of 100, the Carter Center confirmed. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)...
The U.S. flag flies at half-staff at a fire station in Millbrae, California, the United States, May 25, 2022. At least 19 children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua) The U.S....
Reasons Governor Pritzker Will Order Flags Lowered to Half-Staff The Illinois Flag Display Act gives the Governor the power to order flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff whenever an Illinois member of the armed force, police force, fire service, or other person covered by the a...
It's been a busy couple of weeks for the individual who is responsible for raising and lowering the U.S. flag at the roundabout on Main Street at Auburn, and it's about to be lowered again. Flags Already Have Been at Half-Staff In Recent Weeks If it seems like American flags were l...
President Trump has ordered flags on all U.S. federal buildings to be flown at half-staff until the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is interred, the White House announced on Friday evening. In the proclamation order, Mr. Trump called Ginsburg a "trailblazer, not only...
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The Illinois Flag Display Act gives the Governor the power to order flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff whenever an Illinois member of the armed force, police force, fire service, or other person covered by the act is killed in the line of
According to U.S. Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 7, a flag shall be flown at half-mast for 30 days following the death of the president or a former president. The same practice will occur for 10 days following the death of the vice president, the chief justice of the U.S. Sup...
There is a difference between half-staff and half-mast, even though they're commonly used interchangeably. "Half-mast" technically refers to a flag flown on a ship's mast, while "half-staff" describes flags flown on land. Fly your flag on half-staff at the right times. The flag is ...
The U.S. flag flies at half-staff on top of the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 24, 2022. At least 19 children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua) ...