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I cannot have been the only person to notice that the US flag in this picture is flying at half mast, I wonder which particular death this was commerating. Although the obvious candidate would be President Reagan he died 25 days before this picture was taken, on June 5th 2004, and I would  not expect the flag to remain at half mast for nearly four weeks after the death of a former President of the United States.