Help an uninformed DUer...

[TN al]

...Why are all of the flags at halfmast?

[Joe_VB]

1. For the tsunami victims

[mhr]

2. Some Of Us Are Mourning The Death Of Democracy

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[NoStinkinBadges]

3. Could be.

Remember what happens on the 20^th.

[jackster]

4. half mast or upside down?

Symbol of distress - ya know like in having an government that is destroying the country??!!

THE FLAG CODE
Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10
As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress
Approved July 7, 1976

§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.