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US flags at half staff to honor Boston victims

Agence France-PresseApril 16, 2013 11:15

President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered flags on the White House, US federal buildings, military installations and naval vessels lowered to half staff to honor victims of the Boston bombings. The billowing Stars and Stripes atop the White House was lowered after Obama signed a proclamation ordering the mourning ritual. Flags will remain at half staff until sunset Saturday in memory of at least three people killed and more than 170 injured in the explosions near the finish line of the Boston marathon on Monday. col/vlk

UPDATE 1-At Obama's inauguration, a Stars and Stripes made in Belgium?

Thomson ReutersFebruary 6, 2013 16:00

(Adds company says military units carried flag at inauguration) By Teddy Nykiel BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 21, it's a decent bet that at least one of the flags fluttering behind him was made in Belgium. The Waelkens flag company, based in the small town of Oostrozebeke in Flanders, supplies around 2,000 flags a year to the United States, with clients including the Pentagon and other U.S. government departments as well as the United Nations.

CORRECTED-At Obama's inauguration, a Stars and Stripes made in Belgium?

Thomson ReutersFebruary 6, 2013 13:30

(Corrects headline to add question mark, clarifies U.S. government departments in paragraph 2) By Teddy Nykiel BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 21, it's a decent bet that one of the flags fluttering behind him on the U.S. Capitol was made in Belgium.