11/04/2025
Out of Respect for the Passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Flags will be lowered on day of this passing for 10 days.
Although the President has not signed the Proclamation yet, in accordance with the US Flag Code, Flags should be lowered immediately through sunset on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
In accordance with 4 USC Ch 1, Sec. 7 (m)
(m) The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to
the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag
should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. On
Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then
raised to the top of the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be
flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States
Government and the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as a mark of
respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or
foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to
Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs
or practices not inconsistent with law. In the event of the death of a present
or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of
the United States, the death of a member of the Armed Forces from any State,
territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty, or the death of
a first responder working in any State, territory, or possession who dies while
serving in the line of duty, the Governor of that State, territory, or
possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff,
and the same authority is provided to the Mayor of the District of Columbia
with respect to present or former officials of the District of Columbia,
members of the Armed Forces from the District of Columbia, and first responders
working in the District of Columbia. When the Governor of a State, territory,
or possession, or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, issues a proclamation
under the preceding sentence that the National flag be flown at half-staff in
that State, territory, or possession or in the District of Columbia because of
the death of a member of the Armed Forces, the National flag flown at any
Federal installation or facility in the area covered by that proclamation shall
be flown at half-staff consistent with that proclamation. The flag shall be flown at
half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former
President; 10 days from
the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired
Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a
former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession;
and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress. The
flag shall be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that
day is also Armed Forces Day. As used in this subsection—
(1) the term "half-staff" means the
position of the flag when it is one-half the distance between the top and
bottom of the staff;
(2) the term "executive or military
department" means any agency listed under sections
101 and 102 of title 5;
(3) the term "Member of Congress" means
a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico; and
(4) the term "first responder" means a
"public safety officer" as defined in section 1204 of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
U.S.C. 10284).
