911 Half Staff Alert

[ishoot308]

Not that anyone needs reminding.

It's hard to believe that it's been 11 years...

Dan

[Grandpa Redneck]

Amen, and NEVER FORGET!!!!!!

[Lakesrider]

Raised and lowed our flag to half staff this morning just as the sun started to rise. Stopped to say a prayer and the "Pledge of Allegiance" at the base of the flag pole at work this morning.
God Bless America.

[Just Sold]

I put my flag at Half Staff first thing today.

I Can Never Forget

http://kevinlemire.homestead.com/Donnie.html

[Coolbreeze]

We will never forget, nor forgive...

[NoBozo]

"On ships of the US Navy, First Call is sounded at 0755, 5 minutes ahead of Morning Colors (raising the national ensign), and 5 minutes before Evening Colors (lowering the national ensign). In the absence of a bugle, the word is passed, "First call, first call to colors." The same ceremony takes place on shore establishments but not on ships underway".

This is the way I remember it from my time in the NAVY, back in the Sixties. If you were driving on a Naval Base at 0759 (AM) you should be prepared to "Pull Over" and STOP for Colors at 0800. In the evening, Colors was held AT Sunset. :) NB

In Real Life long after the NAVY. I raize the ensign every day (Never in Bad Weather) the first chance I get in the morning, and Colors at Sunset....Again....IF I Remember it....I'm just an Old Coot. :D

[secondcurve]

Obama orders flags to half-staff after Benghazi attack.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered American flags flying above government buildings, military vessels and posts around the world be flown at half-staff until sunset on September 16 "as a mark of respect" for the victims of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.