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.
I’m in Eastern North Carolina & most private companies & gas stations have had flags at half staff over a year. I think the workers in charge of the flags either gave up or don’t have the same respect for the flag as what I learned when I was a child in the 70s. I made a post here in the past year asking if others were noticing the same in USA. Most people from all over the country noticed the same half staff flags.
I think this is something that needs to be addressed via our legislatures. It's way out of hand.