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The US Flag Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 7, Subsection m consistently uses the term "half-staff." The whitehouse.gov website also consistently uses the phrase "half-staff." The other term, "half-mast," is used in certain on-line dictionaries. This term has naval connotations because ships have masts. For the general public either term should be readily understood to mean the same thing.
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When a public figure dies what position on a flag pole is the flag flown?
It is flown at half-mast (half staff), in which the flag is raised to the top, and then lowered, when being put up or taken down.
When a public figure dies what position on the flag pole is the flag flown?
It is flown at half-mast (half staff), in which the flag is raised to the top, and then lowered, when being put up or taken down.
When a public figure dies at what position on the flag pole is the flag flown?
It is flown at half-mast (half staff), in which the flag is raised to the top, and then lowered, when being put up or taken down.
When the US flag is at half mast should the Papal flag also be at half mast?
The Papal flag should be full staff
How long should the flag be flown at half-staff when the president dies?
It should be held at half-staff for a week.
How long should flag be flown at half staff when president dies?
It should be held at half-staff for a week.
How long should a flag be at half staff after the president dies?
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Should the flag be flown at half staff on 911?
Half mast. And yes, IMO.
What are 3 rules of flying the American Flag?
When hung in a window, place the blue union in the upper left, as viewed from the street. When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender. When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff. When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street. When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
Is flag flown at half staff at the Alamo?
I was just there today and it and the Texas flag were both being flown at half staff
Why do we raise the flag to half-staff?
The flag is at half-staff when remembering an important person's death or when they die. Ex: on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death the flag is at half-staff. and half staff is simply when the flag is half way down the flag pole.
What is an easy way when to fly the flag at half staff?
On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staffuntil noon only, and then raised to the top of the staff." An easy way to remember when to fly a flag at half-staffis to think of when the entire nation is mourning or engaged in remembrance.
