The Illinois Flag Commission released the top 10 finalists for the new state flag design contest on Tuesday. The 20-member Illinois Flag Commission, which includes some elected officials ...

Eisenhower in 1954, per the National Archives. That proclamation states "that the flag of the United States of America be flown at half-staff on Federal buildings, grounds, and facilities upon the ...

Here’s why. There are numerous reasons flags are flown at half-staff. Directives in each state are handled by the governor. There are pre-determined dates for lowered flags, and the governor’s ...

Flags were returned to half-staff the next day and stayed there for another eight days. State flags are lowered along with federal orders. U.S. flag code says no other flag should fly higher ...

The 20-member Illinois Flag Commission, which includes some elected officials, chose the finalists from nearly 5,000 submissions that came in since the Illinois secretary of state’s office ...

KATC — State Representatives Jacob Landry and Troy Hebert presented the American and state flags to Vermilion Charter Academy Friday morning, marking a symbolic milestone for the newly opened ...

In Florida, the U.S. and state flags will fly at half-staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter. Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a memo Monday afternoon, referring to the proclamation from ...