Each directive honors a separate loss, with observances spread across various dates and locations.

These public orders commemorate losses including of fallen first responders, veteran public servants and a young service member.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags at half-staff to honor State Rep. Joe Casello. Casello, a former Boynton Beach city commissioner, died after a heart attack. He served as a state representative ...

Flags have been lowered to half-staff in Washington state and across the United States in honor of the victims of the Aug. 27 attack on a Minnesota church. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation ...

Beyond that, the U.S. president and Ohio governor – and only them – has the power to order flags at federal and state buildings, respectively, in the state to be flown at half-staff at their ...