Per U.S. Code, anyone lowering the flag should first hoist it “to the peak for an instant and then [lower it] to the ...

May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day and honors federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who were killed or disabled in the line of duty. Ten Florida officers are on the 2026 roll call.

American flags should be flown at half-staff May 3 in honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day. The day is one of five regularly scheduled days when flags should be flown at half-staff, ...

Flags are flying at half-staff Oct. 21 in honor of Lee County Commissioner and former Boston Red Sox player Mike Greenwell Greenwell died Oct. 9 after a brief battle with medullary thyroid cancer. Gov ...

Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags across Wisconsin to fly at half-staff on Sept. 27 in recognition of the Final Alarm Ceremony, honoring Wisconsin firefighters who have given their lives in the line ...

Flags continue to fly at half-staff in Wisconsin in remembrance of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney, who served as vice president under former President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, died ...