UPDATED: 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.
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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 National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol next week. A formal ceremony for members of Congress and Cummingsā€™ family and guests will be held Thursday morning and a public viewing will follow.
On Friday – in Baltimore, a wake and funeral for Cummings will be held at the church where Cummings worshiped for nearly 40 years, New Psalmist Baptist Church, 6020 Marian Dr., Baltimore, MD.
The wake, including a public viewing, will begin Oct. 25 at 8 a.m. at the Lochearn church. The funeral will follow at 10 a.m.
Cummingsā€™ family has requested that donations be made to the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in lieu of flowers
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan ordered the United States flag to be lowered to half-staff effective immediately until sunset tomorrow in honor of Congressman Elijah Cummings who passed away early this morning.
Title 4 of the United States Code states that the United States Flag shall be flown at half-staff on the day of death and the following day for a member of Congress.
Governor Hogan also ordered the Maryland State Flag lowered to half-staff effective immediately until sunset on the day of interment (Friday, October 25).
These actions are in honor of United States Congressman Elijah Cummings who was a fierce advocate for civil rights and for Maryland for more than three decades.
Congressman Cummings leaves behind an incredible legacy of fighting for Baltimore City and working to improve peopleā€™s lives, according to Governor Hogan, he was a passionate and dedicated public servant whose countless contributions made the state and country better.
Congressman Cummings passed away this morning, Thursday, October 17, 2019.
