(Soapbox alert)
Flags are NOT supposed to be half-mast for every regular citizen or even evry damn LEO that dies. It is supposed to be for heads of state.
I am so sick of the US and also our state flag being lowered for every damn tragedy, including the natural death of some LEO retired 20 years ago, etc.
I swear if not the US flag, I’m seeing the MD flag lowered every month, and ask my husband if he knows why. We find out some pathetic thing via the Internet.
We might as well hang it up now if we are so stricken by every single death. What a sign of weakness.
This has ONLY become prevalent since 9-11. Never before that did I see flags go up and down so much I start getting seasick.
As July 4th came nearer, the flags were still flying at half-staff, and I told everyone I knew that I don't effing care what Bush said, that flag is NOT to fly at half-staff, for NO MAN, on July 4th.
The Bush administration realized this mistake and on July 2nd W. issued a proclamation that set the flag to return to full staff on the morning of July 3rd.
Many did not "get the memo" and I saw countless flags that July 4th flying at half-staff. Outrageous.