President Trump Orders Flags to Fly at Half-staff Monday from Sunrise to Noon

President Trump has ordered the United State’s Flag to be flown at half-staff on Monday from sunrise until noon. As a matter of protocol state and other flags are also lowered to half-staff as no flag may fly higher than the US flag.

From the President’s Memorial Day proclamation, May 22, 2026: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time when people might unite in prayer. I ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day. I also request the Governors of the United States and its Territories, and the appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that on Memorial Day the flag be flown at half-staff until noon on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and in all areas under its jurisdiction and control. I also request citizens to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.

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