Showing posts with label half-staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label half-staff. Show all posts

Flags at half-staff for Former Vice President Walter Mondale

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities continue to remain lowered to half-staff, in honor and remembrance of former Vice President Walter Mondale.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on the day of interment.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.







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Flags at half-staff for victims of shooting in Indianapolis, Indiana

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor of the victims who tragically lost their lives on April 15, 2021, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half staff Saturday for Officer Kurt Enget

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Bainbridge Island Police Officer Kurt Enget, 49, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Saturday, April 10, 2021. 

Officer Enget died in the line of duty on Friday, April 10, 2020.

The Governor's Office has no objection to agencies lowering the flags at the close of business on Friday, April 9, 2021. Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Saturday, April 10, 2021, or first thing Monday morning, April 12.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

A memorial service will be held at Gateway Fellowship in the city of Poulsbo on Saturday, April 10, 2021.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff Wednesday for Congressman Alcee Hastings of Florida

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Flag Lowering - 04/6/2021 (Congressman Alcee Hastings)

Pursuant to the attached Presidential message, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities continue to remain lowered to half-staff, in honor and remembrance of Congressman Alcee Hastings, of Florida.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.



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Flags at half-staff: Attack at the U.S. Capitol

Saturday, April 3, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, as a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of the victims of the attack at the United States Capitol on Friday, April 2, 2021.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.




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Flags at half-staff for shooting in Boulder, Colorado

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor of the victims who tragically lost their lives on March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Saturday, March 27, 2021 or first thing Monday morning, March 29, 2021.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff for Atlanta Spa Shootings

Friday, March 19, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in remembrance of the victims who lost their lives in the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on March 16, 2021, in the Atlanta Metropolitan area.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Monday, March 22, 2021.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff: Remembering the lives lost to COVID-19

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in remembrance of the 500,000 Americans who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Friday, February 26, 2021.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff for fallen Capitol police officers

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Flag Lowering-01/11/2021 (Capitol Police Officers)

Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, and all Capitol Police Officers and law enforcement across the Nation.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.




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Flags at half-staff Monday

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Monday, December 7, 2020, for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. 

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was created by Congress in 1994 in honor of those Americans killed or injured as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags continue at half-staff forJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Tuesday, September 29, 2020


Flag Lowering - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Updated)

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in her memory immediately.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Friday, September 18, 2020

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in her memory immediately.

The flags will be at half-staff until the day of internment. Once that date has been established, we will send out another notification to advise when the flags will be returned to full-staff.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.




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Flags at Half-staff Friday, September 11

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Flag Lowering-9/11/20 (Patriot Day)

Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Friday, September 11, 2020, for national Patriot Day, the annual memorial to the victims of the 2001 tragedy.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on September 11, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.




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Flags at half-staff August 5

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Flag Lowering - 8/5/20 (Trooper Justin Schaffer)

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Washington State Patrol Trooper Justin R. Schaffer, 28, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

Trooper Schaffer died in the line of duty on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

A memorial service will take place on August 5, 2020, at 11:00am, in Lewis County and will be limited to 400 attendees.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff: Rep. John Lewis of Georgia

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Flag Lowering - 7/18/20 (Rep. John Lewis)

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation below, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in memory of Representative John Lewis, of Georgia, who passed on Friday, July 17, 2020 from his long-standing battle with cancer.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Saturday, July 18, 2020. However, because of the delayed notice, the Governor’s Office has no objections to flags remaining at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Monday, July 20, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.


Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2020


DEATH OF JOHN LEWIS

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION 

As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of Representative John Lewis, of Georgia, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions through July 18, 2020. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half‑staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.

DONALD J. TRUMP

The White House · 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC 20500-0003 · USA · 202-456-1111



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Flags at half-staff to honor coronavirus victims

Friday, May 22, 2020

Flag Lowering - 5/22/20 (Honoring Coronavirus Victims)

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee directed that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in honor of the Victims of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Sunday, May 24, 2020 or first thing Tuesday morning, May 26, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.
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HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION  
Our Nation mourns for every life lost to the coronavirus pandemic, and we share in the suffering of all those who endured pain and illness from the outbreak.  Through our grief, America stands steadfast and united against the invisible enemy.  May God be with the victims of this pandemic and bring aid and comfort to their families and friends.  As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, May 24, 2020.  I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred forty-fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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The White House · 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC 20500-0003 · USA · 202-456-1111


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Flags at half-staff Monday, Memorial Day

Flag Lowering - 5/25/20 (Memorial Day)

Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Monday, May 25, 2020, in recognition of Memorial Day. This federal holiday is in remembrance of the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces.

The Governor’s Office has no objection to agencies lowering the flags at the close of business on Friday, May 22, 2020. Flags should remain at half-staff until noon on May 25 or first thing Tuesday morning, May 26, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.


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Flags at half-staff May 15

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Flag Lowering - 5/15/20 (Peace Officers Memorial Day)

Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Friday, May 15, 2020, in recognition of the annual Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on May 15, 2020.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call 360-902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.




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Flags at half-staff Monday for Deputy Cooper Dyson

Friday, December 27, 2019

Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Pierce County Deputy Cooper Dyson, 25, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Monday, December 30, 2019. 

Deputy Dyson died in the line of duty when his patrol car crashed while on his way to back up other officers on an urgent domestic violence call.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Monday, December 30, 2019.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

On Monday, December 30, 2019, a procession will begin at 11:00am, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s main gate, heading north, exiting onto South Tacoma Way, then east on 26th Street, and ending at the Tacoma Dome on “D” Street.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm at the Tacoma Dome. The public is invited to attend the service.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.



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Flags at half-staff December 7 - Pearl Harbor Day

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Flag Lowering - 12/7/19 (Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day)

Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Saturday, December 7, 2019, for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was created by Congress in 1994 in honor of those Americans killed or injured as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The Governor’s Office has no objection to agencies lowering the flags at the close of business on Friday, December 6, 2019. Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Saturday, December 7, or first thing Monday morning, December 9.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Please call (360) 902-0383 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.





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