Black Mourning Ribbon Made in USA

Half Staff Alert! Substitute for lowering flags.

Used for flags that cannot be lowered for half staff alerts. Half staff alerts are issued by either federal or state authorities. If you have a pole mounted on a house or fence this is the perfect solution to a half mast alert.

If you cannot lower a flag then a mourning ribbon can be placed on the American flag.

American flags traditionally fly at half-staff as a symbol of mourning, but there are circumstances where this is inappropriate. When the length of a flagpole, the permanent attachment of a flag to a staff, or the existence of obstructions such as shrubbery or a balcony make it difficult to half staff, attaching black ribbons above a flag is an alternate mode of expressing mourning. A ribbon twice the flag length and no more than 10% the flag width should be tied in a bow above the flag and below the finial, such that the two resulting streamers correspond roughly to the flag length (see image below).

Half staff holidays and instructions