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The Statute (4 U.S.C. 7(m)) sets forth the requirement that the flag
will be flown at half-staff on the following occasions:
30 days from the death of the President or a former President;
10 days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice
or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the
House of Representatives;
from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a
former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or
possession;
and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of
Congress.
The President of the United States may order the honor:
upon the death of “principal figures of the United States Government
and the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as a mark of
respect to their memory”;
In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries,
the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential
instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or
practices not inconsistent with law.
STATE GOVERNORS also have authority under the United States Code: “In
the event of the death of a present or former official of the
government of any State . . . the Governor of that State . . .may
proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff.”
Interesting.
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