Flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff in Arizona on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Here's why, plus the difference between ...

The U.S. Flag Code specifies that on days of mourning, flags should be raised to the peak before being lowered to half-staff, where they remain until sunset. Residents and officials across Florida are ...

You might notice flags around California flying at half-staff or half-mast, as incorrectly called when not on ships. Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the gesture in memory of a California Department of ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered Iowa flags lowered from sunrise to sunset for Pvt. James Harrington, who will be buried 81 years ...

Flags are flying at half-staff June 12 across Florida as a "mark of respect" for those who died or were affected by the Pulse ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags to fly at half-staff six times in May, for a total of 20 days so far. Here's why.

To position the flag at half-staff, first raise the flag to the peak ... unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. —When a flag is so tattered that it ...

Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags to fly at half-staff in Wisconsin on June 13 in honor of former Major General Jerome Berard, who died on Jan 27.

Flags are flown at half-mast on ships and at naval stations. On shore, flags are flown at half-staff, meaning the flagpole is attached to a building or stuck in the ground. What are Jimmy Carter's ...

Flags will be a half-staff in Wisconsin and across the ... incorrectly using the term that refers to flags being flown halfway up the mast on a ship, not a flag pole. "They think it’s so great ...

Typically, the difference between the two is where the flag is being flown. Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land. There are specific holidays ...

Typically, the difference between the two is where the flag is being flown. Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land. Arizona is changing rules ...