any reason why flags would be a half mast today ???

[Stifko]

on the way to work this morning I saw the American flag at half mast on the TriBoro bridge in NYC.

why would it be ?

 

[deftron]

Sometimes it's a local thing or up to the person that owns the flag (family memeber died, etc)

did you see any others down ?

 

[diskop]

Needs a viagra?

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: diskop
Needs a viagra?

Not funny

 

[rudder]

A soldier that was wounded in Afghanistan, died in a hospital in Germany yesterday. Maybe thats the reason who knows. Could be a a well known person that served in WWII that passed away.

 

[308nato]

C'mon you pups. WWII ended this date in 1945. The flag is lowered in honor of the fallen.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: 308nato
C'mon you pups. WWII ended this date in 1945. The flag is lowered in honor of the fallen.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: 308nato
C'mon you pups. WWII ended this date in 1945. The flag is lowered in honor of the fallen.

Ummm....I think everyone was just owned in a serious way.

 

[rbhawcroft]

so there is no new york viagra shortage then.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: 308nato
C'mon you pups. WWII ended this date in 1945. The flag is lowered in honor of the fallen.

Ummm....I think everyone was just owned in a serious way.

Maybe in a mild way -- I think after 57 years it's OK to not know the specific dates. Day WWI ended anyone? (without Googling!)

 

[cmdavid]

flag isnt half staff here at Third Army HQ, Ft. McPherson, GA....

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: 308nato
C'mon you pups. WWII ended this date in 1945. The flag is lowered in honor of the fallen.

Or maybe it's to "commemorate" the signing of the Social Security Act on this date in 1935?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: 308nato
C'mon you pups. WWII ended this date in 1945. The flag is lowered in honor of the fallen.

Ummm....I think everyone was just owned in a serious way.

Maybe in a mild way -- I think after 57 years it's OK to not know the specific dates. Day WWI ended anyone? (without Googling!)

World War I is easy--Armistice Day-- November 11th. I think the year was 1917, but 11/11, which is now Veteran's Day is easy to remember.

 

[rbhawcroft]

every one knows that

11h,11m,00s 11/11/1918
of course some dickheads got shot that morning.

 

[Lithium381]

Man, i should have know this, i did pretty good in history......

 

[rbhawcroft]

Originally posted by: rbhawcroft
every one knows that 11h,11m,00s 11/11/1918of course some dickheads got shot that morning.

the thing that most personally shocks me about WW1 and 2 was that my great grandfather fought as a trench soldier for the whole fours years and didnt get a graze, and my grandpa, his son, went from sept 1939 to 46 in the pay corps (he has bad eye sight) and although half his pay corps intake were killed in two weeks (random shell in northern france), he survived the whole war despite being bombed and manning night time antiaircraft guns etc in northern england.

 

[Warthog912]

the thing that most personally shocks me about WW1 and 2 was that my great grandfather fought as a trench soldier for the whole fours years and didnt get a graze, and my grandpa, his son, went from sept 1939 to 46 in the pay corps (he has bad eye sight) and although half his pay corps intake were killed in two weeks (random shell in northern france), he survived the whole war despite being bombed and manning night time antiaircraft guns etc in northern england.

That's kinda kewl

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Wanna trade families? The only thing my family is notorious for is getting hit by other drivers.

"There is nothing as exhilerating as being shot at and missed"

 

[sciencetoy]

I had the radio on earlier. A former governor of New York State died today. I can't find his name. It was no one I've ever heard of. The radio said he was governor for the shortest term, something like 21 days. He died at age 99 in Florida.

 

[Deeko]

Everyone knows 11/11 at 11.

 

[Stifko]

it was at half mast again today, wierd