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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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. Mike DeWine ordered some of Ohio's U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff Tuesday to honor slain Morrow County Sheriff's Office deputy Daniel Sherrer.

Why are flags at half-staff? Federal and state flags are ... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's why flags are flying at half-staff, and why President-elect ... term that refers to flags being flown halfway up the mast on a ship, not a flag pole. "They think it’s so great, and ...

Golf courses are high on the list Record year for Burmese python program means fewer snakes, more hope for native wildlife On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half-mast.