<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>I’ve been out and about, and noticed something odd about the way some flags are being flown in public places.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Neiman Marcus at the Galleria – the USA and Texas flags are flying at only ¾ - mast.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Downtown at Leeland and Louisianna – the USA and Texas flags, along with a 3<SUP>rd</SUP> flag I
don’t recognize – are all flying at only ½ - mast.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">In general, this means some kind of loss, mourning, or surrender. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/halfmastflags.htm"><FONT size=1>http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/halfmastflags.htm</FONT></A> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does anyone know anything else about this?</SPAN><p>
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