Serious question about the US Flag
 

Can someone please tell me why the flag is still at half staff :question I know Ford died but that was last month.

He died December 26th and we fly the flag at half mast for a month after a former US President died.

Thanks I didn't know that.

No prob, Jerry Ford prolly didn't know that either.

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zing!!!!

Actually, we fly it at half mast for as long as the president orders it to be flown that way. Its usually 30 days but could be longer.

And I didn't know that!

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.

I stand corrected. I had the 30 day rule and the rule that the president could order the flag to half mast for other principal figures confused.