MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #237 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Thurs.

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Europe Day has been a regularly recurring general flag display day since 1983; originally observed on 5 May, it has been observed on 9 May since 2005.

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Since 1955 flags have been displayed in the Federal Republic on 17 June commemorating German unity and, after German reunification, commemorating the anniversary of the 1953 uprising in the German Democratic Republic.

Unlike other countries, Germany does not provide for displaying the flag every day at all federal buildings, installations and facilities nationwide.

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a) on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism (27 January) b) on Labour Day (1 May) c) on Europe Day (9 May) d) on the anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law (23 May) e) on the anniversary of 17 June 1953 f) on the anniversary of 20 July 1944 g) on the Day of German Unity (3 October) h) on the Day of National Mourning (second Sunday before the first Sunday in Advent) i) on the day of the elections to the German Bundestag and j) on the day of the elections to the European Parliament.

The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism (27 January) was included in the amended Federal Government Decree in 2000.

Exceptions are made for the highest federal authorities in Berlin and Bonn, for the central office of the German Bundesbank in Frankfurt (Main) and for the Bundeswehr. And flags are displayed daily at both official residences of the Federal President in Berlin and Bonn, the official buildings of the Office of the Federal President, the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat in Berlin as well as the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 357, directing U.S. and New Jersey flags to be flown at half-staff on Wednesday and Thursday in honor of Congressman Donald Payne, Jr., who passed away at the age of 65 on April 24. Congressman Payne is survived by his wife, Beatrice, and their three children, Donald III, Jack, and Yvonne.

The anniversary of the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944 has been a regularly recurring general flag display day since 1964.

For many decades, all other federal buildings nation-wide have displayed flags only on special days listed in the Federal Government Decree concerning flag displays at official buildings as an additional way to express and remind the public of the special significance of the occasion. Thus the Federal Republic of Germany is traditionally somewhat more reticent about displaying the flag than other countries. The Federal Government believes that displaying the flag every day would mean that the special occasions listed below would no longer receive extra attention.

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Flags are to be flown at half-mast on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism and on the Day of National Mourning.

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EU, federal and Berlin flags at half-mast in front of the New Guardhouse memorial in Berlin (Larger version opens in new window) Source: Protokoll Inland Flags in horizontal format

Unlike other countries, Germany does not provide for displaying the flag every day at all federal buildings, installations and facilities nation-wide.

EU and federal institutions flags in front of the Federal Chancellery (Larger version opens in new window) Source: Protokoll Inland Federal Chancellery

Only a few buildings in Germany regularly display the flag. Flags are also displayed on the same ten occasions every year.

From 1955 until 1958, the anniversary of the constitutive sessions of the German Bundestag and Bundesrat on 7 September 1949 was a regularly recurring general flag display day for the National Day of Remembrance for the German People. By proclamation of the Federal President of 11 June 1963 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 397), 17 June, the Day of German Unity, was then declared National Day of Remembrance for the German People. In 1991, 3 October was declared the Day of German Unity and has been a regularly recurring general flag display day ever since.

Born and raised in Newark, Congressman Payne had been serving as the U.S Representative for New Jersey's 10th Congressional District since 2012. Governor Murphy praised Payne's legacy, stating, 'Congressman Payne leaves behind a remarkable legacy of leadership and principled public service. Following in his father's footsteps, the Congressman was a champion for working families all across the Garden State. During his many years of service to New Jersey, he tirelessly advocated for public health, safety, and infrastructure, and with each legislative victory, he improved the lives of millions of Americans.'

The Governor and his wife, Tammy, expressed their condolences to Payne's family and all who knew and loved the Congressman.

No, it is not illegal. The flag is normally flown at half-mast when a person of note, such as a politician, has passed away. It is done as a ...