File photo of the Pickens County Courthouse On Friday, the sheriff of , South Carolina Rick Clark refused to lower the flag to honor Nelson Mandela after  President Barack Obama made an executive order that all US flags to be flown at half mast in honor of Mandela until sunset today. Presidents of the United States have previously ordered the flag lowered in honor of non-Americans including Pope John Paul II who died in 2005, of  who died in 1999, Israeli Prime Minister  who died in 1995, Egyptian President who died in 1981, British Prime Minister who died in 1965, and  Secretary-General who died in 1961. While President Obama expressed condolences regarding the death of Margaret Thatcher upon her death earlier this year, he did not issue an executive order that flags be lowered in her honour.
File photo of the Pickens County Courthouse On Friday, the sheriff of , South Carolina Rick Clark refused to lower the flag to honor Nelson Mandela after US President Barack Obama made an executive order that all US flags to be flown at half mast in honor of Mandela until sunset today. Presidents of the United States have previously ordered the flag lowered in honor of non-Americans including Pope John Paul II who died in 2005, of Jordan who died in 1999, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who died in 1995, Egyptian President who died in 1981, British Prime Minister who died in 1965, and United Nations Secretary-General who died in 1961. While President Obama expressed condolences regarding the death of Margaret Thatcher upon her death earlier this year, he did not issue an executive order that flags be lowered in her honour.
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