OPINION: Like it or not, Confederacy our history
May 3, 2013 in The Daily Republic
If Confederate flags must go, so should other things from past.
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Confederate flags removed from Hot Springs VA hospital
May 2, 2013 in The Daily Republic
HOT SPRINGS (AP) Veterans Affairs officials have once again removed two Confederate flags from a display at a Veterans Affairs hospital in the southwestern South Dakota city of Hot Springs, and the agency says the move is permanent this time.
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Confederate flags are back at Hot Springs VA center; so is outrage
April 25, 2013 in The Daily Republic
HOT SPRINGS (AP) Confederate flags are flying again at a southwestern South Dakota veterans hospital, upsetting two patients who first complained about the flags and then say officials allowed them to complete a hospital program early.
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GLAD YOU ASKED: Protocol for flag display questioned
April 20, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Q. What is the proper protocol for flag display? At the Salem rest stops the USA flag is on top, in the middle flies a black flag (POW maybe?), and at the bottom is the South Dakota state flag. Shouldn’t the state flag fly second in order? Continue Reading
Flags ordered at half-staff after bombings
April 16, 2013 in The Daily Republic
President Obama has called for flags at half-staff, effective immediately, out of respect for victims of Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon.
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Half-staff flags set for Pearl Harbor Day
December 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE President Obama has called for flags to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset today in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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SD governor asks that flags be flown at half-staff
September 11, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS(AP) Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that all flags in the state be flown at half-staff on Tuesday in honor of those who lost their lives in terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Continue Reading
Daugaard requests flags at half-staff for former Secretary of State Larson
September 5, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE (AP) Gov. Dennis Daugaard has asked that all flags be flown at half-staff in South Dakota on Friday in honor of former Secretary of State Alma Larson of Gregory. Continue Reading
John Hanson, Grand Forks, letter: Veterans thank C&R for preserving flags
September 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1874 and the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 2 want to thank Don Larson at C&R Cleaners for the care and the work that his company performed on more than 30 American flags that are flown at the Memorial Park South Cemetery each Memorial Day. Continue Reading
Flags to honor Armstrong
August 31, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Thursday that all state-government agencies will fly the American flag and the state flag at half-staff from sunrise until sunset today to honor Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who became the first to walk on the moon. Continue Reading
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