President Barak Obama has ordered that the U.S. flag be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 18 to honor the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, CT.
Here’s a PDF of the president’s order: 2012Newtown, CT, Pres. Obama Flag Lowering.pdf
Seems like the flags are at half staff most of the time, inconsistently across locations. I did not think people were free to make their own choices when to lower them or not. Flags around Chelsea have been at half all week, at least. No idea why…maybe because of the Republican rape of Michigan in Lansing?