Rumors on social media have circulated about the flag listed on some government sites. Here's what you need to know.

There are five days in 2025 when flags are scheduled to be flown at half-staff. It's half-mast if you're on a ship.

grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan/Getty The American flag above the White ...

A U.S. flag flutters at sunrise in front of the U.S. Capitol ... they only think about themselves," the president-elect said on social media. The American flag would "for the first time ever ...

Jessica McGowan/Getty American flags are back to full-staff at the U.S. Capitol in honor of Donald Trump's inauguration, breaking from the U.S. flag code's guidelines for mourning a president.

The American flag would “for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast,” he added. “Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.

That way, the American flag can fly even higher when Trump is president. Then, we can permanently drop all flagpoles’ height to seven-eighths of what they are now in four years, since we’ll be ...

"The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my Inauguration," the president-elect wrote in a January 3 post on Truth Social.