why is the flag at half mast on october 6?
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Acting Governor Habib hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, October 6, 2019, in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. ... The flag is at half staff today and through Thursday until sunset.
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Flags across Georgia will fly at half-staff on Friday, May 15, 2020 in Honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. ... Governor Kemp signed an Executive Order on May 11 ordering the flags at half mast on Friday 'as a mark of respect for the officers who serve, and in memory of the officers who have fallen.
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March 7, 2020. Hawaii: By order of the Governor, all flags at state facilities will fly at half-staff Saturday, March 7, 2020, in honor of Honolulu Police Department officer Kaulike Kalama, who was shot and killed in the line of duty Jan. 19.
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Why are flags half-staff today? While you were out and about today, you may have noticed flags are at half-staff. Here's why: They have been lowered to mark May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, held in honor of federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.
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Presidential proclamations also call for the flag to be flown at half-staff on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (December 7), On October 16, 2001, President George W. Bush approved legislation requiring the United States flag to be lowered to half-staff on all Federal buildings to memorialize fallen firefighters. Pub.
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Days the American flag should be flown at half-staff: May 15th – Peace Officers Memorial Day. Last Monday in May – Memorial Day (half-staff until noon only, then raise to the top of the staff)
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Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half- staff at all state buildings on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and the Americans who made the ultimate ...
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U.S. American flags will fly at half-staff during the month of December to honor the memory of former President George H.W. Bush, who passed away Friday night in Texas. ... The order is directed at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels and throughout the United States' possessions or territories.
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Acting Governor Habib hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, October 6, 2019, in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. This is pursuit to the communication received from the White House late Friday afternoon.
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The flag is at half staff today and through Thursday until sunset. ... Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Thursday, August 8, 2019. Tuesday, July 23. The flag is at half mast today in memory of Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens.
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Flags should be flown at half-mast on the following occasions: (a) From the announcement of the death until the funeral of the Sov- ereign, except on Proclamation Day, when they are hoisted right up from 11am to sunset.
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Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings on Monday, September 11, 2017 in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and the Americans who made the ultimate ...
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PIERRE, S.D. – Upon the directive of President Donald Trump, Governor Kristi Noem ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-staff beginning Sunday, June 2nd until sunset on June 4, 2019 to honor the victims of the tragedy in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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§ 7(m) and established traditions by Presidential proclamations, the flag of the United States is to be flown at half-staff on rare occasions, in the following circumstances: For thirty days after the death of a current, former president, or president-elect.
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By order of the Governor, all flags of the United States and the flag of Missouri at all State and government offices, shall be flown at half-staff, statewide on August 12, 2019 as a mark of respect for Representative Rebecca Roeber.
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President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. flag to be flown at half staff from sunrise to sunset on Oct. 7 in honor of the National Firefighters Memorial Service. As a matter of protocol, the Maryland flag will be lowered to half staff as well because no flag may fly higher than the United States flag.
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President Trump has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff in memory of the victims of Friday's mass shooting in Virginia. ... Tim Walz issued a statement Saturday ordering all flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff through Tuesday, in accordance with Trump's proclamation.