Lower flags for major loss; use vigils or memorials to honor others without lessening impact. Flags at half-staff should mark moments of profound national or local loss, preserving their solemn impact ...

A: On Sept. 10, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags flown at half-mast for five days to honor Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist who had been shot and killed. As with other presidential ...

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol complex to be lowered to half-staff today, Oct. 22, 2025, to honor former Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks ...

A South Carolina sheriff has refused to lower the American flag to honor former South African president Nelson Mandela, arguing that the singular leader was not an American. Mandela died Thursday at ...

Aurora Mayor John Laesch faced pushback, including from within city staff, for his decision to fly flags at full-staff over the weekend after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during ...

President Donald J. Trump ordered that all U.S. flags across the country be flown at half-staff through Sunday to mark the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot on Sept.

Dec. 7 is a solemn day of remembrance for our country, yet this year on Long Island, it seems to have passed with too little visible recognition. As I drove past schools, firehouses, and government ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced that United States and Virginia flags are being lowered in Virginia in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who passed away Monday.

MACON, Ga. — On Monday, the Head of School at the Academy for Classical Education (ACE) announced her retirement. That comes a few days after the school was mired in controversy over not lowering its ...

One day before his inauguration, Mayor Sylvester Turner took what may have been his first executive action. El Franco Lee, a pillar of the region's political elite, died suddenly on Sunday, and Turner ...