Flying flags at half-staff—partway down the flagpole—is ... such as to mark the death of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965, Pope John Paul II in 2005, and Queen Elizabeth ...

In addition to the national day of mourning, effective immediately, all flags were ordered to be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, all military ...

Flags are only very occasionally lowered for non-Americans, such as to mark the death of British Prime Minister ... and state flags" to be flown at half-staff in his honor. "He was a good man ...