lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord. 2. disagreement; difference of opinion. 3. strife; dispute; war. 4. Music. an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together.
Half-Staff the Flag on these Days: 1  May 15 â Peace Officers Memorial Day: half-staff from sunrise to sunset. 2  Last Monday in May â Memorial Day: the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon. 3  September 11 â Patriot Day: half-staff from sunrise to sunset.
On Memorial Day the flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, then. raised briskly to the top of the staff until sunset, in honor of the nationâs battle heroes. In the early days of our country, no regulations existed for flying the flag at half-staff.