Talk:Half-staff
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The link for this should be called "half-staff." Mast is used only when refereing to a flag flown on a ship.
- A search of the New York State Governor's website turns up both terms. Schizombie 14:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Eh, this is a bitter controversy. The United States Code (Title IV;Chapter 1;§ 7) dealing with the flag uses "half-staff," not "half-mast." http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode04/usc_sec_04_00000007----000-.html The Canadians, on the other hand, seem to use half-mast in their government publications, as well as the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/flagflap.html So, given the widespread American usage, plus the fact that the BBC seems to use "half-staff," though "half mast" may also be found, I think the article belongs at "half staff." We do not want to take away our Canadian friends' la différence after all, and make them miss out on yet another chance to bemoan American insensitivity. VonWoland 08:04, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Any chance of having a list of the different times the American flag was flown at half-staff at the White House, say?
- I suspect that list would be fairly long—BenFrantzDale 23:27, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 9/11
Can anyone point me to a US presidential proclamation indicating that the flag should be flown at half staff today, 9/11/2005? I get the sense from this page that the president proclaimed the flag should be flown at half staff on 9/11 every year since 2001, but I am unable to find that proclamation. —BenFrantzDale 23:27, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Answering my own question. The president declared 9/11 as Patriot Day [1], including that the flag should be flown at half staff. —BenFrantzDale 23:27, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
Is there a webpage that gives the reason why a flag is flown at half-staff on aany particular day? I was wondering why in the US today, February 1, 2006 it is at half staff. I'm guessing because of the death of Coretta Scott King but I'm not sure. Schizombie 21:48, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- The place to get information when the flag is lowered under order of the president is http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/. Otherwise it is left up to each state governor. Assawyer 23:40, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. I searched the NYS Governor's website and didn't turn up anything on why they were at half yesterday. Schizombie 14:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
- What I would do is call the governor's office and inquire if it was an official act or people put the flag at half staff on their own, if you really want to know.Assawyer 15:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Half-staff for Princess Diana
I'm a little puzzled by the references to Diana's death in the UK section. How could there be "public outcry" that no flag was flying at half-mast over Buckingham Palace, if flying flags at half-mast was previously unheard of in the UK (even for the death of a monarch)? 217.155.20.163 22:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
