Governors have ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff to honor the memory of local losses.

Maura Healey announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts indefinitely to honor Uxbridge Police Officer Stephen LaPorta. 43-year-old Stephe ...

Flags will be flown at half-staff statewide from January 1-4, 2026, during a four-day period of public mourning for the ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday, Jan. 5, ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and all public ...

For several days, the US flag has been flying half-staff in New Jersey as the nation mourned the death of former vice president Dick Cheney, the "War on Terror" architect who turned President Donald ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Sept. 10, announced that U.S. and Michigan flags will be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Trump and Whitmer each issued ...

In 2025, Americans saw the Stars and Stripes symbolically lowered to half-staff several times as a sign of mourning. This ...

Flags have been at half-staff in Iowa since Dec. 15, following the deaths of 2 Iowa National Guard soldiers. Here's when ...

Flags are flying at half-staff Oct. 21 in honor of Lee County Commissioner and former Boston Red Sox player Mike Greenwell Greenwell died Oct. 9 after a brief battle with medullary thyroid cancer. Gov ...

Gov. Maura Healey announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts indefinitely to honor former state Senator Edward Kennedy of Lowell. Elected to represent the First ...