The U.S. flag is flown at half-staff on Memorial Day (until noon) and at the direction of the United States president or a state's governor as a mark of respect to the memory of principal government figures.
Illinois Govenor Quinn has issued a proclamation that all state facilities fly the United States flag and the State flag at half-staff during the funeral days of every fallen Illinois resident serving in the U.S. Armed Forces who is killed in the line of duty.
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