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lpbk2713

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Thu Sep 8, 2022, 07:14 PM Sep 2022

President Biden orders flags at half staff after the passing of HRH [View all]



President Joe Biden issued a proclamation hours after the death of Queen Elizabeth II ordering all flags at U.S. federal and military facilities to fly at half staff as “as a mark of respect,” one of several symbolic gestures around the globe to honor the influential tenure of the 96-year-old sovereign.


Link: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-09-08/biden-orders-flags-at-half-staff-as-world-reels-from-death-of-queen-elizabeth-ii


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Nice. Civility in the US. Who'd a thunk it? LakeArenal Sep 2022 #1
It is the right thing to do, because it is the right thing to do, but also, it will drive the Qs Chainfire Sep 2022 #2
+1 peppertree Sep 2022 #16
I'm going to miss this Queen. Hugin Sep 2022 #3
Minority view: I mislike it. malthaussen Sep 2022 #4
foreign dignitaries Behind the Aegis Sep 2022 #5
Thanks for this info, Behind the Aegis. ShazzieB Sep 2022 #7
I'm surprised how much it has saddened me.... Blue_playwright Sep 2022 #8
Seems very fitting to me given who she was and our relationship to the UK. Behind the Aegis Sep 2022 #28
Awwww, that is incredibly touching! ShazzieB Sep 2022 #29
The flag wasn't dipped obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #6
I spent 30 Years in the Navy BOSSHOG Sep 2022 #9
Exactly. James48 Sep 2022 #14
And yet they display it BOSSHOG Sep 2022 #18
They don't either liberal N proud Sep 2022 #19
She was the titular head of one of our strongest allies. niyad Sep 2022 #13
She was HM not HRH... gagarux Sep 2022 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author niyad Sep 2022 #12
here Celerity Sep 2022 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author niyad Sep 2022 #25
it is literally in the title of the OP (and it is wrong anyway, she was addressed as Her Majesty, Celerity Sep 2022 #26
My apologies. I never looked at the title. niyad Sep 2022 #27
I saw several flags in yards and at businesses, also flying half staff. niyad Sep 2022 #11
Class act. Pepsidog Sep 2022 #15
The UK did the same for JFK nt. Pluvious Sep 2022 #17
Meanwhile EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #20
But what is "HRH" ??? DemocraticPatriot Sep 2022 #21
Her Royal Highness, which NOT what the Queen was called, she was addressed as Her Majesty Celerity Sep 2022 #23
Her Royal Highness. It's not a DU acronym. nolabear Sep 2022 #24
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