"He's an SOB, but he's OUR SOB"
The flag outside the hospital and many others at military buildings around the capital were eventually lowered to half mast at just after 5.30 pm, to the delight of the Pinochetistas, who took up a chant of “Honor to the great!”
Half staff is half mast
Though widely admired, he was not a public official, and no online search indicates the governor ordered flags flown at half staff. And if the governor did, he could only order state flags to be dropped in respect.
Coming Home: Back from war, his AR-15 SIGHTS battle begins
As wind whipped an American flag flying at half-staff, hundreds of mourners from Carlstadt and beyond gathered Friday to bid farewell to the community’s second resident recently killed in military combat, Marine Lance Cpl.
Flags at half staff today
Governor orders flags to half staff 12/7/2006, 6:40 am CT The Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Today is “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.” All state buildings are flying the American flag at half-staff, at the request of
USU Flag at Half Staff for Fallen Utah Soldier
The Utah State University flag is flying at half mast Friday, Dec. 1, in honor of 2nd Lt. Scott B. Lundell
[December 11 2006] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: An
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet passes at 91: Protest and celebrations, and riots over flying the flag at half mast, state funeral in Santiago. More. The Space Shuttle Discovery went up Saturday, and arrives at the ISS today after it
Chilean Patriot Augusto Pinochet Passes On
While the Chilean flag will not be lowered to half-mast nationwide in Chile, the government has authorized the flag to be lowered at military installations nationwide. President Michelle Bachelet, who was imprisoned and mistreated
The Queen directed by Stephen Frears
The flag on top of the palace is not lowered to half-mast. To the populace, Diana, as real clips inserted into the film suggest, was "the people's princess," hounded to her death by in-laws, the media, and the public;
Governor Directs Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff Sunday, November 26
AUGUSTA – In remembrance and honor of Sergeant William Samuel Jackson II, Governor John E. Baldacci has directed that the United States flag and the State of Maine flag be flown at half staff from sunrise to sunset Sunday, November 26,
Half Mast?
For example, in my home state of Missouri, flags have been at half mast In Massachusetts, the flags were at half mast because a former governor of that state had passed. Here is a guideline on when a flag can be flown at half mast:

Words: Woe and Wonder
No one writing or editing your stories about Trudeau's death realize that in Canada, the term for lowering a flag is half-staff, not half-mast (which is an
Flags at half mast
In the United States the flag is flown at half-staff, by order of the President, Since a week the national flags in Germany are flown at half-staff,
Half-Masting of the Flag
The National Flag of Canada will be flown at half-mast on the Peace Tower in Further, the flag on the Peace Tower in Ottawa will fly at half-mast from
Half-masting of flags
When hoisted to or lowered from half-mast position, a flag should be first Sections 18 and 19 do not apply if the Flag is Half-masted for the death of
Google Answers: Reasons for American Flag to be flown at half-mast
The short answer is: Flying the flag at half-staff is governed by United States law. The general rule is that flags will be flown at half-staff on Memorial
Flags: flags at half-mast
That said that a flag flown at half-mast should be lowered until it is one flag depth below the top of the pole, mast or staff. The reason is that there is
bush flag half pope staff
President Bush has ordered the Flag flown at half staff for the Pope,Do you Bush Orders Flags at Half Staff for Pope America, that the flag of the
Flying the American Flag at Half-Staff - Public and
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"Flying the American Flag at Half Staff"
On Memorial day the flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon The flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings,
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