While some local directives are tied to individual losses, nationwide observances carry broader significance.

There's a specific way flags are to be lowered to the half-staff position.

U.S. flags are set to be at half-staff on Sunday, May 3, in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. The ...

Since the start of the year, over a dozen cities have voted to fly the old Minnesota flag instead of the redesigned flag ...

May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day and honors federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who were killed or disabled in the line of duty. Ten Florida officers are on the 2026 roll call.

American flags should be flown at half-staff May 3 in honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day. The day is one of five regularly scheduled days when flags should be flown at half-staff, ...

Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags across Wisconsin to fly at half-staff on Sept. 27 in recognition of the Final Alarm Ceremony, honoring Wisconsin firefighters who have given their lives in the line ...

Flags are flying at half-staff Oct. 21 in honor of Lee County Commissioner and former Boston Red Sox player Mike Greenwell Greenwell died Oct. 9 after a brief battle with medullary thyroid cancer. Gov ...