In 2019, under the previous Trump administration, the State Department instructed missions that the rainbow flag may not be ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries says answering a reporter question at a weekly news conference that it is shameful ...

India celebrates two major national events using the national flag. On August 15, the Prime Minister hoists the flag, ...

You may have noticed that with the exception of during Monday's inauguration of President Donald Trump, the US flag and ...

President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags across the country and at military bases and vessels throughout the world to the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The main flag pole in front of the U.S. Army I Corps headquarters on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of ...

Flags are usually flown at half-staff after national tragedies or deaths of government officials, military members or other first responders. Flags can also be at half-staff for Memorial Day or ...

U.S. flag code says no other flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole and can’t be any higher than the U.S. flag if flown on a separate pole. So, that means state flags ...

U.S. flags typically fly at half-staff in the wake of national tragedies or after the deaths of government officials, military members ... halfway up on a flag pole on land, while half-mast ...

Flags are also at half-staff at all military posts, naval stations and ... to half-staff any U.S. flag displayed on a vertical pole. If you have an American flag on a 45-degree post, like the ...

Flags will remain at half-mast and half-staff most of the month for Jimmy Carter's death. Jan. 9 will be a national day of mourning for his funeral.

Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those periods, too. How long will flags be lowered?