Why are flags at half staff today?
Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all U.S. and Minnesota flags to be flown at half staff today at all state and federal buildings in Minnesota, in honor and remembrance of Master Sgt. Michael Charles Fastner and Lance Cpl. Robert S. Greniger.
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Today(May 16, 2011) in recognition of National Peace Officers Memorial Day, Gov. Bev Perdue ordered all U.S. and North Carolina state flags to be flown at half-staff on all state facilities from sunrise to sunset.
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Flags are at half staff because Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, age 110, died. He was the last known American World War I veteran. ChaCha!
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Flags are at half-mast today for National Korean War Vets Armistace Day, honoring those lost in the Korean War ending 27 July 1953.
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Flags are at half staff in honor of Sgt. Eric Stein, a deputy in Keokuk County, who was killed in the line of duty on April 4. Keep using ChaCha!
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Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency buildings be lowered to half-staff today in memory of U.S. Army Corporal Brandon S. Hocking of Seattle.
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Governor Mark Parkinson has directed flags at all state buildings and grounds to be lowered to half-staff starting today in memory of State Representative James (Jim) Morrison from Colby.
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Dr. Dre graces the new HP Beats Laptop commercial with his expertise in music. He allowed a documentary crew inside the master studio when he made the commercial.
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It depends on your location. Maybe it was something local, flags are all the way up here. ChaCha!
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