When a flag is lowered to the middle of the pole, it remembers a sorrowful event or anniversary that impacted the public.

The gesture, ordered by Gov. Tony Evers, is in honor of a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who died earlier this month.

Flags were ordered to be flown at half staff in Arizona on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Here's why and the difference between half staff and half mast.

Flags will be at half-staff in Iowa on Saturday to honor former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach, who died on Dec. 11.

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation calling for flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor ...

States issued their own orders to also lower flags. What does it mean to fly the American flag at half-staff or half-mast? The American flag is flown at half-staff, on land (or half-mast on a ship ...

Gov. Phil Murphy ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor the life and legacy of former Newark City Council President ...

Illinois flags will be at half staff for several days this week as the state honors and remembers a fallen Chicago-area ...

McMaster ordered that flags be flown at half-staff atop the state Capitol, state buildings and buildings of the political subdivisions of S.C. All interested organizations, groups, and individuals are ...

Here's what to know about the difference between half-mast and half-staff and why flags are flown at half-staff. What is the difference between half-mast and half-staff? Typically, the difference ...

Cooper ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. According to a news release from the state, Saturday will mark 83 years since the attack on ...

Gov. Maura Healey ordered that all flags fly at half-staff from Dec. 7-10 to honor Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and Gloria ...