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By: Olympia Meola
Published: March 11, 2010 3:46 PM
Ever pass a Virginia flag flying at half-staff and wonder why?
Well, the governor’s office has added a feature to its Web site to keep you in the loop on the status of the state flag—whether it is to fly at half or full staff every day.
If the flags are at half-staff, they’ll tell you why.
You can even sign up for an e-mail alert to automatically get, ahem, flagged, whenever the governor has declared that flags—both national and state—are to be flown at half-staff.
Only the President of the United States and governors of states, territories, or possessions of the nation have the authority to lower the United States flag to half-staff. It is flown at half-staff for many reasons, including on Memorial Day and after the death of an elected official.
And if you want to see something pretty interesting, check out the state’s Guide to Virginia Protocol and Traditions, which includes all sort of guidelines, from flag-related to how to officially mourn for state officials.
It’s also a hostesses dream and includes very specific guidelines on things like seating etiquette for official state luncheons or dinners—“Seating arrangements for a head table often cause unnecessary concern”—how to host foreign visitors and how to write proper invitations.
Here’s a glimpse from the “Precedence to Dining Room” section: “At a formal dinner at the Executive Mansion, the Governor leads the way into the dining room, escorting the highest-ranking guest of the opposite sex. The Governor’s spouse and his or her escort enter last.
“At a large, public, official function, the host escorts the highest-ranking female guest, followed by the hostess and the guest of honor. These two couples lead the way to dinner. If the guest of honor is a woman, the host escorts her to dinner first. They are followed by the hostess and the highest-ranking male guest. The hostess and the guest of honor lead the way only if the guest of honor is extremely high ranking.”
Whew. That’s a lot to remember. Good thing it’s all written here:
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