Imposed Mourning

The official period of mourning is now over, but everything was still at half-mast on Friday when Courtney and I visited the Port of Rochester Ferry Terminal. Everything that looks like a flag, at least. While checking the place out we caught sight of this:

I can just about understand a large number of Americans wanting to mourn Ronald Reagan, the ketchup-loving ones especially, but I’m doubtful that Canadians give two hoots that the old fool kicked the bucket.

Then again, the Maple Leaf appears to be flying at somewhat less than half-mast. Perhaps there’s some law which dictates that no flag of a foreign nation on US soil is permitted to fly higher than the Stars and Stripes. I wouldn’t be surprised.