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Half-mast flags have a dark secret

The tradition of flying flags at half-staff to show mourning and respect dates back at least to 1612, when the crew of a British vessel sailed home with the Union Jack at half-mast in honor of their dead captain.

It has since become British tradition to fly a flag of mourning not halfway down the pole, but exactly one flag’s-width below its normal position.

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