Irish Star on MSN1d
Touching reason flags are being flown half-mast in 8 states this weekend
A number of states will be flying the American flag at half mast this weekend, for a fascinating and touching reason. Victims ...
Newsweek1d
Why Flags Are Half-Mast in 8 States Today, This Weekend
Across the country, eight states have ordered that American flags are to be flown at half-staff from today through this weekend, according to FlagsExpress.com. A flag is flown at half-staff when a ...
WWLP Springfield on MSN1d
U.S. and Massachusetts flags lowered to half-staff Friday
In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag ...
Journal-Courier6d
Holy cow! history: An old woman, a flag and a legend that just won’t die
It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...