why are flags at half mast in houston?
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Abbott orders Texas flags to half-staff. HOUSTON (AP) - Texas Gov. ... Abbott said in a statement Monday that Texas has sustained a "deliberate and heinous crime" against a law enforcement officer in Harris County.
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State flags to fly at half staff to honor former first lady. Gov. Gina Raimondo on Tuesday directed state flags at all state agencies and buildings to be flown at half staff in honor of former Rhode Island first lady Virginia Coates Chafee. The flags will remain lowered until sunset Wednesday, the day of burial.
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Per an order from Governor Mike DeWine, flags in Ohio are being flown at half staff on Friday to honor Peace Officers Memorial Day and National Police Week. Flags are to be flown at half staff at all public buildings and grounds throughout the state from sunrise to sunset on May 15, 2020.
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Gov. Ivey directs flags to be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of fallen Moody police officer. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WKRG) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has issued an order for flags to be flown at half-staff Monday, June 8 as a mark of respect for fallen Moody Police Sgt.
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Flags will be flying at half-staff today at all Firehouses across the state. It's in response to the death of Fire Marshal Lieutenant Ronald Wehlage Jr. ... Governor Parson also ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at the Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City.
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the United States and Texas flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor Georgia congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis, who died Friday night at 80 years old.
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Gov. Ivey directs flags to be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of fallen Moody police officer. ... (WKRG) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has issued an order for flags to be flown at half-staff Monday, June 8 as a mark of respect for fallen Moody Police Sgt.
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Peace Officers Memorial Day. Each May 15, across the United States we lower the flag to half-staff to honor law enforcement officers who have died or been disabled in the line of duty. This is one of five days each year that the flag is scheduled for half-mast display.
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(KFVS) - In accordance with President Donald Trump and the U.S. Flag Code, American and state flags at all public and state buildings will be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Wednesday, Sept. 11 in observance of Patriot Day.
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Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday ordered flags across Alabama to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday in honor of a Huntsville police officer gunned down in the line of duty last week. ... “We offer our heartfelt condolences and prayers to his wife and five children, the Huntsville Police Department and the city of Huntsville.”
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Ivey directs flags to be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of fallen Moody police officer. MONTGOMERY, Ala. ... Today, family and friends from across Alabama will gather in Moody to remember the life and legacy of Lt.
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Lubbock County Judge Curtis Parish has ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all county buildings in honor of Nicholas Reyna and Eric Hill. ... As such, it is fitting that flags should be lowered immediately to half-staff in memory of those who lost their lives.
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Gov. Greg Abbott granted permission to fly the United States and Texas flags at half-staff in honor of two McAllen police officers who were killed in the line of duty Saturday.
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Flags Ordered to Half-Staff for Memorial Services of Fallen O'ahu Police Officer. ... David Ige has ordered United States and State of Hawai'i flags be flown at half-staff in honor of fallen Honolulu Police Officer Kaulike Kalama, whose memorial services are today.
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(HONOLULU) – As a mark of respect for former state Rep. Dennis R. Yamada, Gov. David Ige has ordered that the flags of the United States and State of Hawaiʻi shall be flown at half-staff at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard, from sunrise to sunset on Friday, May 8, 2020.
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They're Lowered for Elijah Cummings. Why are United States flags flying at half-staff today? You'll be seeing U.S. flags at government buildings across the country flying at half-staff through sunset on October 18, 2019, in honor of Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died.
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Flying the flag at half-mast Flags are flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning. ... Flags in any locality can be flown at half-mast when someone local dies, or on the day of their funeral. When lowering the flag from a half-mast position it should be briefly raised to the peak and then lowered ceremoniously.