Flying Flags (Lone Freep action report)

June 7, 2004 | Hiram Robert Wheeler

[HighWheeler]

THANKS for the link, and thanks for all your work putting those up for us.

[JBCiejka]

P.S. I think everyone should have flown their flags at half staff for D-Day anyway. Why is that not done?

[CyberAnt]

BRAVO BRAVO!! Who says ONE PERSON can't make a difference. The problem is the "difference" only comes with ACTION.

You are right .. I too have been noticing. Here in San Diego, most people seem to be complying - being a military town. The only ones who I saw that were not complying, were flag poles in front of a couple of large commercial buildings which were empty. I suppose nobody has even thought about the flags there.

We have a lot of retired military here and I also noticed a lot of homes where I'm used to seeing flags - they were at half-staff.

Now .. I'm wondering if I should call the owners of those buildings and see if they will comply.

Oh yeah, I heard that President Bush had made a specific directive that flags on "federal" buildings should be at half-staff. I really don't think that includes commercial, although it is a nice gesture - since Reagan was a former Governor.

[BulletBobCo]

McDonalds is run primarily by teens. Teens tend to not pay close attention to the news.

Had the same problem going to work, passing McDonalds, yesterday. Looked up the number and asked to speak to the manager. Clueless, jailbait voice comes on the line and I had to explain the fact of flag life to her. Flag is flying correctly today.

[Humidston]

I think you are correct. I glanced at the Presidential Proclamation and seem to recall gov buildings will continue half-staff for 30 days.

[Drago]

University of Rochester got it right!

http://www.rochester.edu/aboutus/chapelwebcam.html

[Poohbah]

It's not just the left, I have had arguments with former military people who think it is perfectly ok to not have a light on the Flag at night.

YGBSM!

[tapatio]

If your flag is on an outrigger flagpole or mounted on a wall and cannot be flown at half-staff, it is appropriate to drape a purple and black mourning ribbon across the flag.

[LuigiBasco]

"It also occurred to me I might NOT want to fly my flag at half mast for Tom Daschle, although the rule I quoted says you have to do that "from the day of death until interment" after the death of the Senate minority leader. Ditto for the House minority leader. How many freepers want to so honor Nancy Pelosi????

I do not plan to honor the rule when it applies to Demcraps. In which case it stays up at full mast period
Luigi

[cubreporter]

Yes, someone later posted that those flags remain 30 days from notification of death. Thanks.

[qam1]

Good job and I know you are just being enthusiast,

But please ask my permission before you use my ping list

[eyespysomething]

what if she's out of office?

[HighWheeler]

well, can I use it?

[VermiciousKnid]

Our local McDonald's had their flags lowered to half-staff beginning Sunday morning, as have most of the other businesses I've seen around town.

I even saw one or two flags that cannot be lowered (the kind that have no halyards that people affix directly to their homes) flying black ribbons hung from the top grommets.

And the best one of all...an actual mourning wreath -- made of (I think) black paper flowers, with a red, white and blue ribbon across it. This one was on a private home. Haven't seen a real mourning wreath in many, many years.

I was surprised and happy to see that someone had been paying attention.

Regards,

[Victoria Delsoul]

Wow, that's wonderful, HW. Job well done!

Rest in peace President Reagan.

[qam1]

Well you already did, Unless by coincidence you pinged me and the first 6 six people on my list in order

I am praising you for what you did and I hate to sound like a prick but I would have to say no. It's not the subject matter of my ping list and some people on it requested that I keep it a low to medium volume ping list, So I can't ping all articles like this.

You will get hits, You are in the News/Activism section which moves slowly so you will be on the sidebar for a week or two

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Great Job!

[ClearBlueSky]

My flag is on one of those short poles you attach to your house, so I can't fly it half-staff. So I put a bunch of black ribbon on top of the pole, let them trail down. It's something. I wish we could think of something we could all do at home to show our grief.
I loved Ronald Reagan. I can't stop crying. We're living history, and it hurts.

[HighWheeler]

Hi Victoria, thanks for the flag animation. What a nice tribute. When I was a little kid, I always thought the flag looked like it was so sad and crying when it was a half staff. It's a memory I still carry.

[cinFLA]

How did these kids reach adulthood, anyway?

The cash registers display the correct change.