Members of the public in the affected states are encouraged to participate by lowering flags at homes and businesses.

Private citizens are encouraged, but not required, to lower their personal flags in accordance with state proclamations.

On Wednesday evening, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro ordered that all United States flags and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ...

Currently, two children are dead and 17 others injured. President Trump announced Wednesday morning that U.S. flags will fly half-staff. "As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Governor Hochul directed that flags on all state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Monday in honor of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, ...

WASHINGTON, USA — Flags will be lowered to half-staff across Washington state on Wednesday to honor the memory of a Spokane County Sheriff's Office sergeant who died on duty earlier this month. Sgt.

Flags are flying at half-staff across five U.S. states this weekend. These gestures of remembrance and mourning honor victims of tragedy, public servants, and military personnel in ceremonies observed ...

The coordinated gestures reflect a broader American tradition of paying tribute during moments of significant loss.