MINNEAPOLIS – Last Memorial Day, wet weather destroyed thousands of flags at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Now, a ...
There are five days in 2025 when flags are scheduled to be flown at half-staff. It's half-mast if you're on a ship.
Ensure you're honoring the Stars and Stripes correctly! Learn the proper ways to handle, display, and dispose of the American flag, especially on significant days like Memorial Day. Show your ...
There are specific holidays and events for which flags are flown at half-staff in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. They include: Memorial Day ...
Did you remember to display the flag on Inauguration Day? I have to admit, I forgot too! While reviewing some American flag etiquette recently, I came across this older post I had written as Memorial ...
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6208 and auxiliary members, Rich and Darlene Davidson, have adorned Prior Lake cemeteries in red, white and blue every Memorial Day by placing ...
Flags across Arizona and the U.S. have been flying at half-staff for nearly a month, but they will soon return to full-staff. Here's what to know ...
Flags have flown at half-staff since the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29. The official mourning period concludes Monday.
In the White House press release, the president ordered that flags be returned to half-staff in honor of the late President Carter.
After a former president dies, federal flag code dictates that flags should be flown at half-staff for 30 days out of respect ...
Richard Petty and Richard Childress have a lot more in common than just their first name. Both men are NASCAR Hall of Famers, ...
The gunman behind Sweden’s worst-ever shooting has been named by Swedish media as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson. After ...