Why are the flags half staff?

[MBrown]

Oops...forgot to put something in my actual post. They have been half staff for a while now. What happened?

 

[RichardE]

Democrats won

 

[sixone]

Google is your friend.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I think they were supposed to be at Half Staff for a month or so after Gerald Ford passed away.

 

[MBrown]

That is a long time. Even for a former president.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: MBrown
That is a long time. Even for a former president.

30 days is standard for a president that has passed away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-staff#United_States

 

[TheChort]

They better be down for at least 6 months when I die!

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: MBrown
That is a long time. Even for a former president.

They're waiving it a little longer because he was "Eaten by wolves"

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: TheChort
They better be down for at least 6 months when I die!

I'll try to get the word out.

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: S Freud

Originally posted by: TheChort
They better be down for at least 6 months when I die!

I'll try to get the word out.

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