half-staff

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Riley ordered all flags on state buildings to be lowered to half-staff in Hunt's memory.

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  • NEW YORK STATE -- Governor David Paterson is asking that flags all across New York fly at half-staff next Wednesday in honor of a Fort Drum Soldier. —  News10Now - TOP STORIES
  • The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor Blagojevich's Office to fly the flags at State occupied buildings at half-staff on behalf of: —  Illinois IGNN: Main State Page News
  • Santiago and fellow county Supervisor Ron Briggs have asked that flags be flown at half-staff at county buildings this week in Waldie's honor. —  North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Top Stories
  • On the day of the ceremony, all campus flags are flown at half-staff and a list of the names of those to be remembered is posted at the base of the flagpole in the Academic Plaza. —  Media Newswire
  • And again they lowered the flags in this tiny town to half-staff. —  The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS
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