Private citizens are encouraged, but not required, to lower their personal flags in accordance with state proclamations.

Members of the public in the affected states are encouraged to participate by lowering flags at homes and businesses.

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s governor directed U.S. and state flags to half staff to mark 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Gov. Ned Lamont said the flags will be lowered ...

Patriot Day is observed every year on Sept. 11 to honor the memories of the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The Florida flag and U.S. flag should be flown at half-staff on Thursday, Sept. 11. Americans ...

Flags are at half-staffin Arizona and across the U.S. through sunset on Sept. 14 after longtime Trump ally Charlie Kirk was killed while speaking in Utah. President Donald Trump ordered flags to be ...

On Wednesday evening, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro ordered that all United States flags and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ...

United States and Texas flags will fly at half-staff in Houston as part of a nationwide response to the shooting at a Minneapolis church this week that killed two children and left 17 others wounded.

Old Glory is the only flag flying outside Detroit Lakes City Hall. You won’t see the Minnesota state flag — the retired one or the new one that a number of communities refuse to hoist on flagpoles.

The coordinated gestures reflect a broader American tradition of paying tribute during moments of significant loss.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered that flags across the state fly at half-staff on Monday, June 30, in honor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. June 30 marks 12 years since the 19 Arizona firefighters ...