Me: Why's the flag lowered to have staff?
Him: Haven't you heard the Queen of England died?
Me: Wait, so we lower the U.S. flag for foreign dignitaries? Since when?
Him: We just do what we're told around here.
So am I so country bumpkin that I missed somewhere along the way that we lower our flag for foreign heads of state/dignitaries? Someone please enlighten me.
Half-staff was done in honor of Abe's death too, wasn't it
Yes. It was.
https://halfstaff.org/us-flags-to-half-staff-honoring-abe-shinzo-former-prime-minister-of-japan/