White House flag at half-mast. The flag on the White House is never flown at half-mast except upon the occasion of the death of the President of the United States or an ex-president. But the rule has been broken as can be seen by this picture with the flag flying low today out of respect to the late
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- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,008 × 7,752 pixels
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"White House flag at half-mast. The flag on the White House is never flown at half-mast except upon the occasion of the death of the President of the United States or an ex-president. But the rule has been broken as can be seen by this picture with the flag flying low today out of respect to the late" (1929). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_flag_at_half-mast._The_flag_on_the_White_House_is_never_flown_at_half-mast_except_upon_the_occasion_of_the_death_of_the_President_of_the_United_States_or_an_ex-president._But_the_LCCN2016889519.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 300087.
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