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Flags to Remain at Half-Staff for Dick Cheney Through Nov. 20 Funeral

Protocol calls for raising flags at sunset on the day of interment.

Flags of the United States are at half-staff for much of this month following the death of former vice-president Dick Cheney. Lowered flags are seen here on the California State Capitol Museum in May 2022.
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Overview

  • Flags at federal, state and local buildings remain lowered nationwide, including in Arizona and California.
  • Cheney’s funeral is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, at Washington National Cathedral with a private interment to follow.
  • Under the U.S. Flag Code, a former vice president is honored from the day of death until interment.
  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state flags lowered on Nov. 4 and directed they remain down through interment.
  • The White House lowered its flags after the family announcement but issued no immediate proclamation, and Cheney’s family said he died Nov. 3 at 84 of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.