{"id":152088,"date":"2018-08-27T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=152088"},"modified":"2018-08-29T18:49:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T23:49:47","slug":"burgum-directs-flags-to-half-staff-honoring-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=152088","title":{"rendered":"Burgum directs flags to half-staff to honor John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31891\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/flagftsewardcloseup-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/flagftsewardcloseup-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/flagftsewardcloseup-255x175.png 255w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/flagftsewardcloseup.png 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bismarck\u00a0 (Aug. 27, 2018) \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum has directed the United States and North Dakota flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who passed away Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81.<\/p>\n<p>Flags are to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings, grounds and facilities in North Dakota from now until sunset Sunday, Sept. 2. Individuals, schools and businesses also are encouraged to lower flags to half-staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout his decades of public service, John McCain always put his country\u2019s best interests before his own, even in the most difficult circumstances. His courage, honor and devotion to his family and our most cherished principles serve as an inspiration for all Americans, and we owe him our deepest gratitude,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cKathryn and I extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife, Cindy, and the entire McCain family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck\u00a0 (Aug. 27, 2018) \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum has directed the United States and North Dakota flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who passed away Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81. Flags are to be flown at half-staff at all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152131,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152088\/revisions\/152131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}