President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

By Bill Chappell

Published May 22, 2020 at 7:46 AM MDT

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

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Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.