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.
The flag is to be flown at half-staff at all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels in the Washington, D.C., area on the day and day after the death of a United States senator, representative, territorial delegate, or the resident commissioner from the