to recognize an event (like an anniversary, death, etc) or someone/some organization (in honor, etc).
When it comes to its use for flying the flag - it really only applies to federal buildings (and military vessels) and is optional for everyone else, although governors can also direct for it to apply within their states -normally for state buildings (and they usually do go ahead and do that). There is a specific "flag code" that is followed.
You might recall when some GOP loons, including the current President, who refused to keep the flag at half-staff when President Biden had issued a proclamation honoring the late Jimmy Carter after he passed and asked that flags be kept at half-staff for 30 days (which they were on federal property).
Trump flies Mar-a-Lago flag at full height before end of mourning period for Carter
Politics Jan 13, 2025 3:00 PM EDT
By —
Darlene Superville,
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump ‘s private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height.
Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29. A large flag on Trump’s property in Palm Beach was initially lowered to half-staff according to protocol but has since been raised in the days after Carter was buried Thursday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Both President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, directed that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the date of Carter’s death — or through Jan. 28.
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