Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?
The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or former presidents to cover flags at federal government buildings and their ...
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Why are flags at half-staff? How long will they be at half-staff in the US? What to know
United States flags are at half-staff across the country in remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100. Carter, the 39th president, was the longest-living commander ...
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Flags at half staff today; Carter’s death adds more history to Trump’s inauguration
Johnson. Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. Flags were returned to half-staff the next day and stayed there for another eight days. State flags ...
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The history behind the controversial ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag
Depicting a black snake on a yellow background with the ... other flags over City Hall. “This flag was originally used during the American Revolutionary War, flown by George Washington’s ...