US Flags Flying At Half-Staff In Recognition Of 500,000 Covid-19 Deaths

American flags in Massachusetts and around the country are flying at half-staff today, Tuesday, Feb. 23, in recognition of the 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.

U.S. flag at half-mast
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Kristin Palpini

02/23/2021 8:55 a.m.

The US reached this tragic number of deaths on Monday, Feb. 22.

More Americans have died of COVID-19 than in all of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined, according to the White House.

The lowering of the American flag is in line with a presidential proclamation that flags should be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings.

The flag will be flying at half-staff until sunset on Friday. Feb. 26.

The decision to fly flags at half-staff rests with the governor. President Biden’s proclamation said lowering the flags is a way to unite the country.

“We, as a Nation, must remember them so we can begin to heal, to unite, and find purpose as one Nation to defeat this pandemic,” the proclamation said.

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