Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building. In many countries...
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Flag of the United Kingdom (section Half-mast)
Sovereign sometimes declares other days when the Union Flag is to fly at half-mast. Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds of the way up the flagpole with...
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Flag of India (section Half-mast)
to be flown at half mast, it must first be raised to the top of the mast and then slowly lowered. Only the Indian flag is flown half mast; all other flags...
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"Half Mast (Slight Return)" is a song by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun, released on 15 January 2010 as a digital download available...
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Update". Qppstudio.net website. "Why did Saudi Arabia not fly its flag at half-mast following the death of Oman's Sultan Qaboos?". Gulfnews.com. 13 January...
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replaced with a Union Flag at half-mast for the mourning period. However, the Royal Standard continued to be flown at full-mast at Windsor Castle, as it represents...
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Flag of the Philippines (section Half-mast)
Commission. When flown at half-mast, the flag should be first hoisted to the peak for a moment then lowered to the half-mast position. It should be raised...
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national flag being flown at half-mast. Where the national flag is flown at half-mast no other flag should be half-masted. The flag of the Ivory Coast...
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in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The flag of the United States is flown at half-staff at the White House and on all U.S. government buildings and establishments...
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official mourning and flags at half-mast for three days. In Jordan, mourning was declared for 40 days while flags flew at half-mast in Kuwait. Saudi Arabia declared...
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