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Flags at half staff
Posted: Apr 5, 2010
Flags are at half staff where I live today. Does anyone know why? I can't find anything online about it.
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Sadly, if you live in WA State - sm
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my local paper reports a Yakima, WA soldier killed in Afghanistan last week. Flags here in Washington state are to be flown at half-staff.
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It is for the coal miners that died in WV.
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