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

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 ...

You will see an American flag with 9 stars in the top left corner of government websites like the Centers for Disease Control ...

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 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.

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.

"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.

Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden issued an order to fly American flags at half-staff for 30 days. But those 30 days include Inauguration Day, when ...