Are Flags at Half-Mast Today? (US Federal Status) When To Use
Are Flags at Half-Mast Today? (US Federal Status) is worth opening whenever you want a quick, no-install answer to "is today a scheduled flag observance" - before a school assignment, a civics question, or just out of curiosity. This page covers when that fits and what it will not tell you.
When it fits
Covers the fixed, statute/tradition-based observances that fall on the same calendar rule every year - Peace Officers Memorial Day, Memorial Day, Patriot Day, POW/MIA Recognition Day, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
What to expect
Everything computes locally in the browser from durable calendar rules - no upload, no account, and no network request.
This does NOT track proclamation-driven half-staff orders following a death or tragedy - those are announced case-by-case and cannot be predicted from any fixed rule; the page links the official GSA half-staff notice page for that.
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