American flags should be flown an half staff until noon, then full height for the remainder of the day.

For those of you who fly flags from home, what do you do if you leave for work in the morning and there is nobody home at noon to raise the flag from half staff to full height?

We have a fixed flag pole mounted to the house so it's up at full height for the whole weekend, no option to half height it, I'd put mine up full height if I was going to be out all day.

Similar issue as HRK. I have a telescopic pole. I can lower it to half height but the flag is still at full staff so I leave it up.

I put mine out when I leave for work and bring it in at just before dusk. No option for half staff. Sadly there are not many flags flying on my block.

It stays out on a house mounted pole, illuminated at night. 24/7/365

Not able to do half staff

I have a small one mounted 45 degrees from a front window, which in on a porch, under the eaves and illuminated at night. As instructed, I place black 2" wild 12" long ribbon at the top so it drapes down vertically.

My situation does not allow me to fly at half staff. It flys full staff from morning until dusk.

24 foot flag pole with 4x6 flag. Flown 24-7 with double illumination. On Memorial Day (and other appropriate days) at sunrise I slowly lower the flag to half staff. At Noon I briskly raise the flag to Full Staff.

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
It stays out on a house mounted pole, illuminated at night. 24/7/365

Not able to do half staff

Same here. I do have a black streamer to use instead of half-staff, but it's very difficult to do.

My flag is the only one on my block.

flashguy

Working this weekend on mine. Got a telescoping one that is silver, wife says it doesn't appeal to our aesthetics here, so yesterday I painted it Hammer finish brown. She is now happy, which in turn makes me HAPPY! Have an LED light I have to refinish too.

Flag will be up no later than Monday. God bless all that have given their lives for us!!

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
24 foot flag pole with 4x6 flag. Flown 24-7 with double illumination. On Memorial Day (and other appropriate days) at sunrise I slowly lower the flag to half staff. At Noon I briskly raise the flag to Full Staff.

Nice, that'll be me one day

The Idiot in Chief ordered flags at half staff for FOUR DAYS for the victims of the shooting in San Jose . Members of the military that died in service to their country get a HALF DAY . Think about that for a minute .

No thought necessary. Screw him. Sideways.

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
Similar issue as HRK. I have a telescopic pole. I can lower it to half height but the flag is still at full staff so I leave it up.

I have a telescoping pole as well so the same issue.
BUT, it has the clips for a second flag below the top flag so I just move the flag down to the lower set of clips... not half mast but represents it well enough.

I'm glad OP asked the question. It reminded me that I wanted to get a two position mount and a black ribbon.

As for the question, could you ask a neighbor or relative to raise it at noon for you?

I went to buy a new bracket. None to be found!

So I bought black ribbon from Michael's craft store. I'll leave that on top of the flag posts until noon Memorial Day.

It sad that many think that this is Veteran's Day.

I have a pole extention I put on top of mine in the morning to give the appearance of half staff. At noon it comes off. It's flying and set up that way today since the 30th is the REAL Memorial Day.

I'm house mounted so I will fly it as it does every other day. The only change will be a brand new flag as it's time to be replaced and I usually replace them on Memorial Day or July 4th.

Here is some info I found on how and why to fly the flag on Memorial Day.

The half-staff position remembers the men and women who gave their lives in service of their country.
At noon their memory is raised by the living, who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to rise up in their stead and continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.

The hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of this day as a time to unite in prayer and beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time observe the National Moment of Remembrance

THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE
Established by Congress and signed into law on December 28, 2000, asks Americans, wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day, to pause in an act of national unity for a duration of one minute. The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday. The Moment does not replace traditional Memorial Day events; rather, it is an act of national unity in which all Americans, alone or with family and friends, honor those who died in service to the United States.

https://starsandstripesdaily.org/

I'll be at work so I'm leaving it all the way up. Wonder how many "Happy Memorial day"s I'll get this year.