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 ...

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

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.

DENVER (KDVR) — Flags in Colorado will fly at half-staff on Sunday to honor firefighters who risked their lives to protect fellow citizens as part of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial ...

Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags across Wisconsin to fly at half-staff on May 4 to remember fallen firefighters, in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. The memorial ...

Rio de Janeiro’s LGBTQ+ community modeled creations inspired by Lady Gaga’s style before Gaga’s concert. San Lorenzo soccer fans in Buenos Aires held a huge banner of the late Pope Francis ...

Governor Brad Little is directing all state and national flags to be lowered to half staff on May 4, 2025. Every year, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation sponsors the official national ...

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the head of Trinidad and Tobago's centrist United National Congress party, vowed Thursday to create wealth that would benefit "seven generations" to come, as she was sworn ...

Bush signed Public Law 107-51 requiring the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff on all federal buildings to memorialize fallen firefighters each year coinciding with the National Fallen ...

In 2001, then-President George Bush signed a law that required all federal buildings nationwide to lower flags to half-staff to memorialize fallen firefighters. The National Fallen Firefighters ...

In the case of Pope Francis, “the president may order the flag to be flown at half-staff to mark the death of other officials, former officials, or foreign dignitaries,” according to the VA.