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What is a easy way to remember when to fly the flag at half-staff?
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Customary times to raise the flag to half mast are:
- Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15th (sunrise to sunset)
- Memorial Day, last Monday in May (sunrise to noon)
- Patriot Day, September 11th (sunrise to sunset)
- Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7th (sunrise to sunset)
- Only the President and state Governors can decide when and how long the flag should be flown at half-staff.
- Thirty days after the death of a president or former president
- Ten days after the death of a vice president, the chief of justice or a retired chief of justice or the speaker of the house of representatives.
- Until the burial of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, secretary of a military department, a former vice president, or the governor of a state, territory, or possession.
- On the day of and the day after the death of a member of Congress.
- On Memorial Day, the day set aside to honor all the people who have died while serving the United States & originally called Decoration Day, the flag is flown at half-Staff until noon, then raised to full staff until sundown.
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What is the easy way to remember when 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.
What is an easy way to remember when to fly the flag 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.
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.
What is an easy way to remember 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.
What is easy to remember to fly the flag at half-staff?
In memory of someone who has died that has served the country or done something nationally recognized. An event like 9-11 also can have a half mast flags.
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Technically, they are on their own soil, so no, they don't have to fly our flag. Just as our embassies don't fly their flag.
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