Category Flags at half-staff

President Trump and Governor Dayton have issued proclamations to lower the flags to half-staff staff from today through sunset on November 9th. The Presidential proclamation reads as follows: Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Sutherland Springs, Texas Shooting BY… Continue Reading →

Governor Dayton has issued a proclamation for the flags to be lowered to half-staff on October 18, 2017 in Honor of Emergency Medical Technician Marina DeSteno Challeen ST. PAUL, MN – In honor and remembrance of Emergency Medical Technician Marina… Continue Reading →

President Trump has issued a proclamation for the flags to be lowered to half-staff from October 8, 2017 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. On Sunday, October 8, 2017, in accordance with Public Law 107-51, the flag of the United States… Continue Reading →

Both President Trump and Governor Dayton have issued proclamations for the flags to be lowered to half-staff from October 2, 2017 until sunset on October 6th. Both proclamations are listed below: For Immediate Release October 02, 2017 Presidential Proclamation Honoring… Continue Reading →

Governor Dayton Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Observation of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service ST. PAUL – In honor of firefighters who have been killed or disabled in the line of duty, Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all… Continue Reading →

Governor Dayton Orders Flags to Half-Staff in Observation of the 16th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks ST. PAUL, MN – In observance of the sixteenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all United States… Continue Reading →

Governor Dayton Orders Flags to Half-Staff in Observation of Tenth Anniversary of I-35W Bridge Collapse ST. PAUL, MN – In honor and remembrance of those who were killed or injured in the Interstate 35W Bridge collapse a decade ago, Governor… Continue Reading →

Flags should be at half-staff from sunrise to noon on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017. For a good article to read, go to http://mn.gov/mdva/blog/index.jsp?id=1066-295004

President John F. Kennedy declared the first Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 1962, as a tribute to peace officers and in honor of peace officers who, through their courageous deeds, lost their lives or became disabled in the… Continue Reading →