Posted on 09/13/2022 12:02:07 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
President Joe Biden ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff to remember the life of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday. She was 96.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine also ordered flags lowered.
"In accordance with the orders issued by the President of the United States of America and in remembrance of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Governor DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio until sunset on the day of interment," a statement from the governor's office said.
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Florida’s are already....................
I’m an Anglophile. I’ve lived in London. I respect the monarchy, and I’m sad the Queen has died.
When I’m at a C of E service, I don’t stand for God Save the King.
That’s because I respect the men who died on Lexington Green and at Concord, who froze at Valley Forge, who fought the Hessians at Trenton, more.
Didn’t we fight a war or two so we didn’t need to do this?
Closest thing the US had to a monarch was Elvis.
Yes, it’s not a good thing that QEII died, I’m sure we were fond of her.
But she wasn’t our monarch, she was someone else’s.
What? Why?
We’re US flags at half mast when other UK kings or queens died?
I take some issue with this, but they already put flags at half staff for everything else, even nearly the death of entertainment celebrities such as Whitney Houston.
The political element has used a solemn and meaningful thing which should be used sparingly as a way of pandering for votes.
I have gotten to the point I simply don’t care what the government says. I fly my flag, when I used to fly it, at half mast for whatever reason I see fit, not for whatever reason they see as fitting.
No.
God save Ohio.
Because we live in an unserious society where the flag is flown at half mast more often than not now for some reason or another. It’s lost all meaning. Might as well leave it half mast forever.
Maybe there should be more gradations.
Say 3/4 mast.
Or 1/4 mast.
95% mast for someone not so important.
Make it really silly and meaningless.
Went half mast for Whitney Houston so why not? Next up...half mast for Bidens cat.
I doubt it. This is the first time I've ever seen US flags flown at half-mast for a foreigner.
If someone stubs their toe in the U.S. these days the flags go to half-mast. Muh feelings.
But not in Texas, where Bob Wills is still the king!
I thought it was a paper cut.
“I thought it was a paper cut.”
You may be right.
I’m planning on singing My Country Tis of Thee at some point
This is out of respect for an ally's head of state.
...and it will stay there until Americans take-back America.
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