Flags

[beowabbit]

So, I was interested to notice recently that flags are again flying at full-staff. (Evidently, this happened at the end of January 25, but I didn’t notice until today.) I had been starting to wonder whether Ford’s period of mourning would last longer than his presidency.

Comments

[pyrobaka.livejournal.com]

I think they have a set period of time (a month perhaps) that flags are suppost to be half-mast.

Pedantry

[zanna-voodoo.livejournal.com]

There is a standard for how many days the flag flies at half-mast, but it still has to be declared by the president or governor.

The standards:

- Thirty days after the death of a president or former president

- Ten days after the death of a vice president, the chief of justice or a retired chief of justice or the speaker of the house of representatives.

- Until the burial of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, secretary of a military department, a former vice president, or the governor of a state, territory, or possession.

- On the day of and the day after the death of a member of Congress.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Funny. That's the FIRST thing I noticed when we were driving from the airport. I guess seeing an American flag, regardless of the position on the mast, would get my attention these days.