Posts Tagged ‘Flags’
Flags Return to Full Staff at Sunset Tuesday
Flags Lower to Half Staff for Patriot Day, Friday, September 11
Friday, September 11th, 2020 marks the 19 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in suburban Pennsylvania. Patriot Day serves as a remembrance of the lives lost on that September morning. Â By a joint resolution approved…
Read MoreUS and State Flags to Half-staff Saturday in Honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Saturday is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. President Trump has ordered the US Flag to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on December 7th. This action commemorates those Americans who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. As a matter of protocol – state flags are…
Read MoreUPDATED: MD & US flags Return to Full-staff at Sunset Friday, Oct 25 with Internment of US Rep. Elijah Cummings
UPDATED 10/25/19 – 1pm – Maryland and US flags will return to full-staff at sunset tonight with today’s funeral and internment of US Rep. Elijah Cummings in Baltimore. ============================================= UPDATED 10/18/19 – 5:30pm – The body of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Baltimore Democrat and committee chairman who died Thursday, will lie in state in…
Read MoreUS & State Flags Lowered to Half-Staff Tuesday in Memory of Assoc. Justice John Paul Stevens
As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of John Paul Stevens, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, President Donald J. Trump ordered the United States Flag lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on the day of his internment, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the…
Read MoreUPDATED: MD Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of R. Clayton Mitchell, Former Speaker of MD House
Governor Larry Hogan has ordered Maryland Flags to half-staff in honor of R. Clayton Mitchell, the former Speaker of the Maryland House, who died Thursday at the age of 83. Speaker Mitchell leaves an indelible mark on Maryland through his countless contributions which include fighting to modernize Maryland’s transportation infrastructure. Last year Governor Hogan dedicated…
Read MoreFlags Ordered to Half-Staff Until Sunset on Tuesday, June 4
President Trump has ordered US flags to half-staff to honor the victims of the tragic shooting in Virginia Beach. In a release from the White House: Our Nation grieves with those affected by the tragic shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Americans unite in praying for God to comfort the…
Read MoreUPDATED: DE & US Flags Return to Full Staff Monday
Delaware Governor John Carney today ordered United States and Delaware flags lowered to half-staff in honor of U.S. Marines Staff Sergeant Christopher Slutman, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Monday. Staff Sergeant Slutman resided in Newark, Delaware along with his family. Flags are to be returned to full staff Monday morning. MD &…
Read MoreGovernor Hogan To Attend Arrival Ceremony for President Bush at Capitol Rotunda
This afternoon, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan will attend the arrival ceremony for President George H.W. Bush at the US Capitol Rotunda. The late president’s flag-draped casket will arrive at 5pm. Public visitation is from 7pm Monday through 7am Wednesday. President Trump has declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for former President Bush –…
Read MoreFlags Ordered to Half-Staff in Honor of Former President George HW Bush
Governors Larry Hogan and John Carney ordered the United States Flag, Maryland and Delaware State Flags lowered to half-staff effective immediately until sunset, Sunday, December 30, 2018. This action is in honor of former President George H. W. Bush who passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 (per federal law, the flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days…
Read MoreUS Flag, Delaware and Maryland Flags to Half-Staff
As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated in Thousand Oaks, California, on November 7, 2018,President Donald Trumpordered that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff effective IMMEDIATELY until sunset, Saturday, November 10, 2018. As a matter of protocol, the Delaware and Maryland flags are…
Read MoreUS and State Flags to Fly at Half-Staff
As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, President Donald J. Trump has ordered that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff effective IMMEDIATELY until sunset, Wednesday, October 31, 2018. As a matter of protocol,…
Read MoreFlags are at Half Staff Tuesday for Patriot Day
President Donald J. Trump has ordered the United States Flag to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in honor of Patriot Day. This is in honor of the individuals that lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. As a matter of protocol, the Maryland and…
Read MoreFlags are at Half Staff Tuesday for Patriot Day
President Donald J. Trump has ordered the United States Flag to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in honor of Patriot Day. This is in honor of the individuals that lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. As a matter of protocol, the Maryland and…
Read MoreFlags to Fly at Half Staff Monday Morning for Memorial Day
Memorial Day United States Flag Display Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service.  In observance of Memorial Day, fly the United States flag at half staff from sunrise until NOON , and then raise it to full height from noon to sundown. As…
Read MoreUS & State Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Respect for Texas High School Shooting Victims
President Trump has ordered American flags at all U-S government buildings and facilities be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, May 22, as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the shootings at Santa Fe High School in Texas. In concurrence with the President’s order and as an expression of Delaware’s sympathy…
Read MoreFlags to Be Lowered to Half-Staff Tuesday for Peace Officers Memorial Day
President Donald J. Trump ordered the United States Flag to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset, on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. On this day we pay tribute to peace officers across our country who have died, or who have been disabled in the line of duty.…
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