Flags at half staff

A National Park Service employee lowers flags at the base of the Washington Monument to half staff after President Barack Obama ordered the action while speaking on the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

( Win McNamee, Getty Images / December 14, 2012 )

A National Park Service employee lowers flags at the base of the Washington Monument to half staff after President Barack Obama ordered the action while speaking on the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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