A quick dip and back to full mast works for me. Anyone know where in the “flag protocol” it states duration for half mast?
I guess I need to read ALL the words from time to time huh? DOH!
Indeed. A quick dip for a dip.
According to protocol, on the death of a member of Congress flags are flown at half-staff on that day and the day after so the White House is following the standards. Anything more or less should require a Presidential Proclamation to that effect.
Here are a couple sites. From the second one, Congress does not have the authority to fly the capital flag at half mast.
https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/halfstaff.pdf
http://usflag.org/nffhalfstaff.html