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Flag information

Guides for flag status, terms, and observances.

Browse plain-language explainers for U.S. flag etiquette, half-staff terminology, state status pages, and national days of remembrance.

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How Mast works

Mast is an informational flag-status tool. It helps answer whether a U.S. flag should be flown at full-staff or half-staff, why the order is active, and where to verify the official source.

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Checks public orders

Mast watches federal and state flag-status sources for half-staff orders, observances, and official notices.

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Normalizes the details

Each detected order is organized by location, authority, start date, end date, and source so the current status is easier to read.

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Shows the source

Mast is informational, so active orders include a source link when available and should be verified with the official notice when it matters.

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Explains half-staff

Half-staff means lowering the flag below the top of the staff as a sign of mourning, remembrance, or honor for the period named in an official order.

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Mast API

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Tennessee flag sources and verification

Mast tracks current federal flag orders and known Tennessee state orders so residents, public buildings, schools, businesses, and local websites can quickly check whether flags should be at half-staff or full-staff today.

The Tennessee source in Mast is Tennessee Governor / tn.gov, categorized as Official State Flag Status And Governor Newsroom. Tennessee has an official source Mast can check for current flag status. Historical Tennessee notices may be limited when the official source does not expose dated archives.

Tennessee publishes current flag status through the official TN.gov Flag Status page. Governor dated notices are less consistently exposed as article pages, so the importer treats the flag-status page as the live signal and can parse Governor/news text when discoverable or provided by the source cache.

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Flag status reference

Mast answers a common question quickly: should a flag be at half-staff or full-staff today? The page shows the current status, the relevant authority, date range, and source when a known order is available.

The public API can also provide flag status data for websites, dashboards, signage, and small automations that need a simple JSON response.

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