Such tributes tend to follow deaths of officials or first responders and are carried out under state rules on timing and location.
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Why flags are half-staff in five states today
The Stars and Stripes will fly at half-staff in five U.S. states today to honor public servants and mark local losses. Half-staff flag orders are nationally recognized symbols of collective mourning, ...
The lowering of state flags to half-staff serves as a public symbol of collective mourning, respect, and remembrance. While the national period of honor for former Vice President Cheney concludes on ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered all state flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Nov. 9, after a deadly plane crash on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a UPS cargo plane’s left ...
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