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petmoosieI had to drive downtown this morning and park in Dupont Circle. It's not exactly Embassy Row (I mean that literally, it's two blocks from Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue), but I parked by the Embassy of Peru and had to walk past Uzbekistan's to get where I was going. All the flags were at half mast, for the VT shootings. I wonder if the protocol officers call each other. I'll bet they do, it's too important to be left to chance or noticing what your neighbor is doing.
I know that the embassies are doing it more out of respect for their host country than actual sorrow. I do wonder if the American Embassy flag in Baghdad is always at half mast. I wonder which countries have flying the flag at half mast as a custom. It could be ancient, flags and banners have been very important in government functions even when the government was a single king.
PS. Driving in DC is no fun at all. I wouldn't do it (I'd take the Metro), except I had to pick up heavy boxes.
I know that the embassies are doing it more out of respect for their host country than actual sorrow. I do wonder if the American Embassy flag in Baghdad is always at half mast. I wonder which countries have flying the flag at half mast as a custom. It could be ancient, flags and banners have been very important in government functions even when the government was a single king.
PS. Driving in DC is no fun at all. I wouldn't do it (I'd take the Metro), except I had to pick up heavy boxes.
