White House flag at half-mast. The flag on the White House is flown at half-mast except upon the occasion of the death of the President or an ex-president. the flag flying low in 1929 was in respect to the late Secretary of War. James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician from the state of Iowa, who served in the House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War.

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