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Originally Posted by ryan stewart
There isn't any actual code, its up to discretion. Half staff is for mourning. So it could be that, it could be a locally respected person died, etc.
Its a cloth banner, its flexible, its ceremonial.
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Actually, government facilities do have to follow specific codes on how, when and what conditions the the US national flag is flown. So, not in all cases is it up to discretion. That's what I was alluding to in my original post in this thread.
But I can agree that at a personal residence, it ultimately boils down to who is responsible for the flag to either maintain it properly, or fly their individual property as they see fit, whether their honoring an event or person specific to them individually, or they may be ignorant to doctrine governing how the fly the flag, or negligent because it just doesn't have any significance to them.