MetaChat - Why're all the flags at half mast?

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04 November 2007

Why're all the flags at half mast? I noticed today on campus that all our flags are at half mast. I mentioned this to a friend of mine who was visiting from Kansas, and she said that they were like that last weekend down there as well, so it's not just an Iowa thing. Am I missing something obvious? Or is it just a coincidence that two states have mandated half-mastyness and gave me the impression that it was a nationwide thing?

post by: dismas at: 14:18 | 7 comments

Iowa mandates that flags are half-staff when a US soldier from Iowa gets killed in Iraq, so maybe that was it.

posted by cmonkey 04 November | 14:59

Oh. That's what I get for not actually paying attention to the state I live in. Must've just been a coincidence.

the more you knowwwww

posted by dismas 04 November | 15:14

Flags in Michigan are constantly at half-staff due to soldiers from here being killed in Iraq.

posted by deadcowdan 04 November | 16:10

It's similar here in San Antonio - whenever a soldier from a San Antonio base is killed, the flags are lowered.

posted by muddgirl 04 November | 16:18

I've heard a rumor there's a war going on, but I'm pretty skeptical.

posted by Citizen Premier 04 November | 21:55

That's sad.

posted by hadjiboy 05 November | 01:45

posted by By the Grace of God 05 November | 09:29

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