All Star Flags All Star Flags - Part 13

American Flags and Utah Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, February 4th in the State of Utah in honor of Cory Wride. Wride was a Sergeant with the Utah County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Wride was killed in the line of duty when he was shot during what started as a routine traffic stop to assist a truck parked on the side of the road. Sgt. Wride was a 19 year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department.
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American Flags and Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, February 5th at the Capitol complex in Virginia in honor of Percy Lee House III. House was a Deputy Sheriff with the Greensville County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy House was killed in an auto accident in the line of duty. Deputy House failed to arrive at a call he was responding to and authorities began a search for him. His car was eventually located and was submerged in a creek.

Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in the County of Greensville and in any other locality as deemed appropriate.
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Visit our Flag Facts page to see our newest article about The History Behind Nautical Flags.

Nautical flags were originally used for communications among comrades during military entanglements. What started as a limited communication system evolved over centuries into a comprehensive, internationally-recognized signaling system functional for military and non-military purposes. Recreational vessels also use nautical flags as well as code signal flags to identify themselves and to communicate with other ships.

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Arkansas State Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, February 1st in honor of Trumann Fire Chief Rick Winkles. Chief Winkles died in the line of duty when he suffered a heart attack while fighting a house fire. Chief Winkles served 28 years as a firefighter.
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American Flags and Minnesota Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, February 3rd in the State of Minnesota in honor of Immortal Four Chaplains Day. According to the office of the governor:
In 1957, the U.S. Congress established national observance of the tragedies anniversary to honor the four chaplains of difference faiths whose heroic and selfless acts that day saved the lives of many men. Witnesses of the event in 1943 recounted the heroic actions of Lt. George L. Fox, Methodist; Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Jewish; Lt. John P. Washington, Catholic; and Lt. Clark V. Poling, Dutch Reformed. During the 18 minutes the transport was sinking, the four chaplains went soldier to soldier to calm fears and hand out lifejackets. When there were no more lifejackets left to hand out, the four chaplains removed their own life vests and selflessly gave them to soldiers in need of protection. The four chaplains went down with the ship, arm-in-arm in prayer.
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American Flags and Colorado Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, February 3rd in the State of Colorado in honor of Sgt. David Baldwin. Sgt. Baldwin was a member of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department who was killed in the line of duty by being hit on his motorcycle by a driver going the wrong direction.
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Wyoming State Flags to fly at half-staff Tuesday, January 28th through Saturday, February 1st in Wyoming in honor of Representative Sue Wallis.
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American Flags and Illinois Flags to fly at half-staff Sunday, February 2nd through Tuesday, February 4th in the State of Illinois in honor of Vincent Petrella of the Illinois Tollway.
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American Flags and Michigan Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, January 31st in honor of former state Rep. Gino Polidori. According to the office of the Governor: Polidori served as state representative for the 15th District from 2005-10. An Army veteran, he served as Chairman of the Military and Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security committees. Prior to being elected representative, Polidori served as a Dearborn City Council member. He was also Dearborn’s fire chief from 1974-96.
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West Virginia State Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, January 25th in honor of Judge Phyllis Carter. Judge Carter served many roles with the state throughout her career, including: Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, Executive Director of Division of Juvenile Services, and Director of Federal-State Relations. She also served as First Lady of West Virginia State University from 1987 to 2012.
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