Tag: halfmast
Municipalities of Utrecht hang their flag at half-mast for victims of violence in and around Israel
Utrecht – Several municipalities in the province of Utrecht, including Utrecht, Amersfoort, Nieuwegein, Eemnes, Soest, Rhenen, Leusden and Renswoude, have flown their flags at half-mast for the war between Israel…
Utrecht flag at half-mast leads to a flood of online hate reactions, why is this conflict so sensitive?
Peter Malcontent, lecturer-researcher at Utrecht University and author of An open nerve. Netherlands, Israel & Palestine, finds the responses to the message ‘typical’. “The polarized reaction in the Netherlands to…
Utrecht hangs Utrecht flag at half-mast for victims of violence ‘in and around Israel’
According to the Ministry of General Affairs, there are no flag instructions. Municipalities can decide for themselves whether to hang flags and which flag to hang, in response to the…
Norfolk flags at half-mast to honor fallen firefighter
Known as Zak to friends and family, Muise was a 25-year-old Waterford native and firefighter in British Columbia. He was killed in the line of duty battling the Donnie Creek…
Flags are hoisted at half-mast in the United States
Facts: Previous shootings in schools in the United States Some other notable school shootings in the United States: In May 2019, two people were killed in a shooting at the…