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

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...

Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this article misstated the flag position on Flag Day. They are at full staff. Flags in Arizona and across the United States were to fly full-staff ...

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday, May 26, 2025, in observance of Memorial Day. This action honors North Carolinians who died in military service.

When The Observer moved to Arkansas from another Southern city only a state away, one of the first things I noticed was the giant state flag flying from several posts around Little Rock. Why does that ...

One transgender Army veteran told ABC News it's a nice gesture but not enough. A year after Pride flags were banned from being displayed at U.S embassies, the State Department, for the first time, ...

The observances will pay tribute to individuals who made significant contributions or sacrifices to the country and their ...

It is part of a larger national tradition of paying tribute to those who have had a lasting impact within their states and beyond.