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.
It spends more time at half mast than fully raised now days.
Started with 9/11 (good reason) Then Iraq/Afghanistan every time a soldier died Now days all it takes is a stubbed to by an assistant for the junior deputy assistant intern summer clerk in the Biden WH
We need to make the standard flag pole twice as tall.