Kansas Flag Honors

The State of Kansas’ Flag Honors program pays tribute to the service of Kansas military personnel who are killed in the line of duty, and ensures flag etiquette is consistent throughout the state.

The State of Kansas Flag Honors program, implemented through Executive Order, allows for the flag of the United States to be displayed at half-staff throughout the State of Kansas when a member of the Kansas National Guard is killed in the line of duty; a member of the Kansas Air National Guard is killed in the line of duty; or a Kansas resident serving as a member of the United States Armed Forces is killed in the line of duty. In each instance, the date the flag would fly at half-staff will be designated by the Governor.

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03.15.11 Kansas Honors Life of Last World War I Veteran

by Samir Arif | Mar 17, 2011

Topeka – Kansas joins the country today in honoring the late Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I. In remembrance of Cpl. Buckles and the generation of American veterans of World War I, Governor Sam Brownback directed flags be flown at half-staff throughout Kansas today, the day of his interment.

At the age of 16, Buckles served in the European theater of World War I as an ambulance driver. He also served in World War II, where he spent 39 months as a Prisoner of War in the Philippines.

Buckles passed away as an American hero on February 27^th. He was 110 years old. Burial services will be held today at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.