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.
By half-staff is meant lowering the flag to one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff. When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union (blue field of stars) to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street. When placed on a Podium the flag should be placed on the speakerâs right or the staging area. Other flags should be placed to the left. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall (or other flat surface), the union (blue field of stars) should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left.