In Suffolk, flags would be flown Jan. 9 at half-staff, according to Mike Martino, the spokesman for Romaine, Blakeman’s counterpart in Nassau. Asked to explain why it's just one day, Martino said that ...
Then-President Richard Nixon ordered flags lowered to honor predecessor Lyndon B. Johnson, who passed away a few days after Nixon’s second inauguration in 1973. But Nixon had them temporarily raised ...