The coordinated gestures reflect a broader American tradition of paying tribute during moments of significant loss.

Private citizens are encouraged, but not required, to lower their personal flags in accordance with state proclamations.

Sgt. William "Nathaniel" Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar were among those killed, state and local officials said.

Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor two Iowa National Guard soldiers who ...

Rhode Island's Governor Dan McKee has directed flags to be flown at half-staff after a shooting at Brown University left two ...

Megan Pope, Schmunk’s niece, and an American Heritage Girls leader, said she was blown away by McColley’s idea and how she ...

President Donald Trump ordered flags to be flown at half staff on Thursday in honor of the National Guard member who was killed in a shooting last week. In a memo on Thursday, Trump lowered the White ...

President Trump has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff across the United States in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Celebrated on Dec. 7 each year, National Pe ...

The U.S. flag is flying at half-staff across America Dec. 4 in memory of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia Army National Guard. Beckstrom was killed during an ambush in Washington, D.C.

The White House ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Thursday, Dec. 4, to honor Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard soldier killed in an ambush shooting by an Afghan national near the ...