31.   Officials from some local area communities said they typically wait for a proclamation from the governor before lowering their flags.

32.   On Tuesday, flags were lowered to half staff at Arrowhead Stadium, and the Missouri Legislature paused for a moment of silence.

33.   Park police began lowering flags on the Capitol grounds to half staff.

34.   Several black South Carolinians in the audience told the governor that lowering the flag was a necessary starting point for improving race relations.

35.   So get ready to lower your flags.

36.   Some flags were not lowered, some shops were open, many went on with their work, oblivious or unaware of the call.

37.   Some interpret that to mean that only the president should issue the order to lower the flag.

38.   Space agency installations lowered their flags to half-staff.

39.   South Carolina just lowered the flag from its Statehouse dome.

40.   Stores closed, and the red-and-black national flag was lowered to half-staff.