The tradition of flying the American flag at half-staff symbolizes national mourning and respect for individuals who have ...

During this period, the National Flag will be flown at half-mast across India on all government buildings where the flag is regularly hoisted. Additionally, there will be no official entertainment ...

Trump announced in a post published Monday morning that he was ordering the U.S. flag to fly at half-staff at the White ... Echoing remarks he made at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast ...

The US flag flies at half-staff near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in honour of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, in Washington, DC [Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via AFP] Several ...

Many visitors stopped to take photos or to symbolically ... held outside St. Peter’s Basilica. During national mourning, flags are flown at half-staff and schools observe a minute's silence ...

Usa.gov states that the American flag flies at half-staff when the country or a state is in mourning. The president, a state governor or the mayor of the District of Columbia can order flags to fly at ...

New Delhi: The National Flag atRashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi was flown at half-mast on Tuesday, 22 April 2025,following the demise of Pope Francis. The pope passed away at the age of 88 at his ...

So when should the flag be flown at half-staff and when should it be flown at full-staff? Well, the answer is not always ...

Flags are half-staff across the U.S. and Texas today, as President Donald Trump ordered them lowered to recognize the fallen firefighters of 2024.

National Firefighters Memorial Day. President Dwight Eisenhower also issued a proclamation on the proper times for flying the flag at half-staff when government officials die. That includes ...

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 22 (ANI): On Tuesday, the National Flag at Tamil Nadu Secretariat in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, was flown at half-mast to mourn the demise of Pope Francis.