Why flags are flying at half staff at state buildings today

Oregon public institutions are flying their flags at half staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday after Gov. Tina Kotek ...
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Flags will be lowered to half-staff across Oregon after deadly Minneapolis school shooting

SALEM, Ore. — Flags will fly at half-staff at Oregon government buildings to honor the victims and survivors of a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic School, which killed two kids and wounded 17 others ...
Statesman Journal

Flag saved from 1935 Oregon State Capitol fire. Here's how

An American flag fluttered to the ground the night the Oregon State Capitol was destroyed by fire in 1935. A woman scooped up the burning tatters and rushed to Mill Creek to douse the flames. In a ...
KBND

Oregon Flags Half-Staff

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered flags on state buildings to be lowered to half-staff today in honor of former State ...
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All 50 U.S. State Flags and the Meanings Behind Them

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...