{"id":199695,"date":"2020-05-22T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=199695"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T20:23:36","slug":"flags-to-half-staff-respect-for-victims-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=199695","title":{"rendered":"Flags to half staff thru Sunday for victims of coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54113\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/flaghalfmast-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/flaghalfmast-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/flaghalfmast-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/flaghalfmast.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bismarck \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum has directed government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff until sunset Sunday, May 24, and encourages North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses, as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s directive is in accordance with a proclamation issued late Thursday by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKathryn and I extend our deepest condolences to every North Dakota family and community grieving the loss of a loved one to this global pandemic,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cThis weekend, we remember and honor those we have lost to COVID-19, and we reaffirm our commitment to a Smart Restart that protects the lives and livelihoods of all North Dakotans while emphasizing personal responsibility and caring for our fellow citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum has directed government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff until sunset Sunday, May 24, and encourages North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses, as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the coronavirus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199695","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\/199695","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=199695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199700,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199695\/revisions\/199700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}