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I 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.