National Day of Mourning ...
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President Bush has declared a national day of mourning for Friday and, as is the custom, the federal government will close.
Our flag is to remain at half-staff through July 5. Is anyone else following suit? I've had many inquiries so far.
Our flag is to remain at half-staff through July 5. Is anyone else following suit? I've had many inquiries so far.
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The DC area is closed mainly to accomodate the influx of people and traffic....It's nice to call it a national day of mourning...but the mandate does not reach beyond the DC boundries!!!
Shutting down the nation for a day would be something!!!!
There's an interesting article in the Clarion-Ledger newspaper (Jackson) about Greg Harkins, a local rocking chair craftsman. 20 years ago Greg's business was not doing well. Reagan visited the Neshoba County Fair politicking. Greg made Reagan a rocking chair and Reagan, with Nancy in his lap, was pictured in newspapers around the world sitting in the chair. As a result, Harkins' business busted loose. He's made chairs for every president from Ford forward.
On a related matter: Is anyone as concerned as I am about the attractive terrorist target created by staging a state funeral? World leaders, dignitaries, etc. all in one place? :-S
We are not closing the company, but our flag will be at half mast and employees needing to can take unscheduled leave. I also have something nice up on the HR bulletin board (causing one director to joke that he always knew I was a closet Republican). No way -- just want to model the behavior I expect when Clinton goes.