Show MEANING OF AT HALF MAST at first UnIversal symbol was wa token of submission and respect for enemy perhaps you have noticed that when ever a prominent person dies especially it if ho he ts Is connected with tho the government ern orn ment tho the flags on public buildings are hoisted only part of the way up tip remarks the toronto mall and express this la Is called halt eliast anast did you ever atop to think what connection there could be between a hag flag that was not properly hoisted and tua tile death of 0 a great man ever since flags were used in war it has been tile the custom to have the tha nag ilag of the superior or conquering nation above that of the interior or vanc vanquish lutish ed when an army found itself hopelessly I 1 beaten it hauled its flag down far enough for the flag of the victors victore to be placed above it on the same pole this was a token taken not only ol of submission but of respect in those clays when a famous soldier died flags were lowered out of 0 respect to hla his memory the custom long ngo ago passed from purely in mill tary usage to public life of all kinds tile the flag flying at half mast being a 0 sign that the dead nian man was worthy of universal respect the space left above it Is for the flag of the great conqueror of all the angel of death |