Honoring the Victims of the September 11th Attacks

Sep 11th through sunset

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Governor Murphy has issued Executive Order No.398 ordering flags to be flown at half-staff at all state departments and public buildings during appropriate hours on Sept.11th in mourning for victims including those from NJ. This Order shall take effect immediately.
Sep11th through sunset

Governor Murphy has issued Executive Order No.398 ordering flags to be flown at half-staff at all state departments and public buildings during appropriate hours on Sept.11th in mourning for victims including those from NJ. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Source: https://nj.gov/state/dos-flag-status.shtml

Honoring Charlie Kirk

In accordance with President Trump’s attached Proclamation, Governor Tate Reeves has ordered all flags of the United States and the State of Mississippi be flown at half-staff on all buildings and grounds of the State of Mississippi and all areas under its jurisdiction in memory of Charlie Kirk. Effective immediately and running through sunset on Sunday, September14,2025.
Sep10th through sunset Sep14th,2025

In accordance with President Trump’s attached Proclamation, Governor Tate Reeves has ordered all flags of the United States and the State of Mississippi be flown at half-staff on all buildings and grounds of the State of Mississippi and all areas under its jurisdiction in memory of Charlie Kirk. Effective immediately and running through sunset on Sunday, September 14, 2025.

Source: https://governorreeves.ms.gov/flag-status/

Patriot Day remembrance and in memory of Charlie Kirk

Sep 11th through sunset Sep 14th, 2025

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HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green, M.D., has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard in the state of Hawaiʻi, from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, September 11, to mark Patriot Day. On September 11, 2001, nearly three thousand civilian and first responder lives were taken far too soon. With thousands more injured, the effects of the 9/11 attacks have left a lasting impact on our nation and the precious communities damaged by this tragedy. Separately, at the direction of the President of the United States, Governor Green has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard in the state of Hawaiʻi effective immediately through sunset on Sunday, September 14, in memory of Charlie Kirk.

Source: https://governor.hawaii.gov/category/newsroom/flag-orders/

Honoring Patriot Day

Sep 11th sunrise through sunset

Governor JB Pritzker Directs Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff on Patriot Day

Governor JB Pritzker has directed that all flags covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act be flown at half-staff in honor of Patriot Day. The Department of Central Management Services received notice from the governor to lower the United States flags and the State flags at all buildings occupied by agency personnel. The flags will be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, September 11, 2025.

Source: https://www.illinois.gov/about/flag-honors.html

Honoring Army PFC Leon R. Karwacki

Honoring Army Private First Class Leon R. Karwacki, a World War II Soldier

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #273 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Wed., Sept. 10, 2025, in honor of U.S. Army Private First Class Leon R. Karwacki, who lost his life in World War II at the age of 27 and whose remains have been identified and returned to Wisconsin for burial.

“Private First Class Leon R. Karwacki was a hero who selflessly answered the call to serve and gave his life defending the values and freedoms we hold most dear,” said Gov. Evers. “We are forever grateful for his service and sacrifice, and it is an honor to welcome Private First Class Karwacki back to his home state so that he may be finally laid to rest.”

From Milwaukee, Private First Class Karwacki was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, and in September 1944, his battalion advanced against enemy forces near Stolberg, Germany. On Sept. 17, 1944, Private First Class Karwacki was killed during an attack, and due to the intensity of enemy fire, his body could not be recovered. Having made the ultimate sacrifice, Private First Class Karwacki was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and other campaign honors recognizing his brave service. In 1945, American graves registration personnel recovered a set of unidentified remains and subsequently interred them at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium. In June 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense and American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed the remains and sent them to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory for analysis. Using dental, anthropological, and circumstantial evidence, the remains of Private First Class Karwacki were positively identified.

Private First Class Karwacki will be buried with full military honors on Wed., Sept. 10, 2025, in Milwaukee.

Executive Order #273 will be in effect from sunrise to sunset on Wed., Sept. 10, 2025, and is available here.

An online version of this release is available here.

Source: https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/gov-evers-orders-flags-to-half-staff-in-honor-of-army-private-first-class-leon-r-karwacki-who-lost-his-life-in-world-war-ii/

Honoring Major General Joseph McNeil

Honoring the life and legacy of civil rights activist Major General Joseph McNeil

Governor Roy Cooper ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in honor of civil rights activist and retired U.S. Air Force Major General Joseph McNeil. McNeil was one of the Greensboro Four, a group of Black college students who staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro in 1960, sparking a national movement. He also served a distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Major General.

Source: https://www.doa.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/09/08/lowering-us-and-nc-flags-half-staff-honor-civil-rights-activist-major-general-joseph-mcneil

Honoring Delegate John Alfred Cox

Sep 8 through sunset on Sep 8, 2025. Flags will be flown at half-staff in memory and respect of former Delegate John Alfred ‘Johnny’ Cox.

Source: https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2025/09/08/governor-youngkin-orders-flags-at-half-staff-to-honor-former-delegate-john-alfred-cox/

Honoring the Victims and First Responders of 9-11-2001

Patriot Day Memorial Flag Lowering

From sunrise Thursday, September11,2025 until sunset Thursday, September11,2025.

Mike Dunleavy, Governor of Alaska
Victims of September 11 attacks and first responders
Patriot Day Memorial Flag Lowering

I order all Alaska State Flags to be flown at half-staff on September11,2025 to honor the victims and their families, and all our first responders. I encourage all Alaskans to honor those we lost and those who defended our freedoms on this fateful day24 years ago by recommitting to live in the spirit of unity and compassion that binds us together as Americans.
Sep11th through sunset

Source: https://gov.alaska.gov/services/status-of-the-flag/

Honoring Walt Helmick

Honoring the life and legacy of former State Senator and Commissioner of Agriculture Walt Helmick

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Governor Patrick Morrisey has ordered flags to be lowered to half staff at the Capitol Complex in Charleston and state facilities throughout the state to commemorate the life and service of Walt Helmick. Flags will be lowered beginning at Noon on September 9, 2025, and remain there until sunset on the day of internment.

“I am saddened by the passing of Walt Helmick, who spent many years of his life serving our state,” said Governor Morrisey. “Walt was a dedicated public servant whose decades of leadership – from serving his local community in Pocahontas County to his long tenure in the West Virginia State Senate, and later as our state’s Commissioner of Agriculture – left a lasting mark on West Virginia. His efforts improved the lives of many, especially those in our rural communities he cherished so deeply. I extend my condolences to his wife, Rita, and the rest of his family, along with his friends, colleagues, and loved ones.”

Walt Helmick was born in Webster Springs and received a bachelor’s degree from the West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He began his career in public service on the Pocahontas County School Board and the Pocahontas County Commission. Helmick went on to serve in the West Virginia Legislature for more than 20 years in both the House of Delegates and the Senate. He was later elected as West Virginia’s Agriculture Commissioner in 2012 and served in that position from 2013 to 2017.

Source: https://governor.wv.gov/article/governor-patrick-morrisey-orders-flags-half-staff-honor-life-walt-helmick

Honoring 9/11 Victims and First Responders

Sep 11th through sunset

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Flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on September11,2025 to honor victims of9/11 and first responders.
Mike Dunleavy, Governor of the State of Alaska
Victims of September11 attacks, first responders, caregivers, and servicemen and women
I, Mike Dunleavy, Governor of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim September11,2025, as Patriot Day in Alaska and encourage all Alaskans to honor those we lost and those who defended our freedoms on this fateful day24 years ago by recommitting to live in the spirit of unity and compassion that binds us together as Americans. I order all Alaska State Flags to be flown at half-staff on September11,2025, to honor the victims and their families, and all our first responders, caregivers, and servicemen and women who protect the American people every day.
Sep11th through sunset

I, Mike Dunleavy, Governor of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2025, as Patriot Day in Alaska and encourage all Alaskans to honor those we lost and those who defended our freedoms on this fateful day 24 years ago by recommitting to live in the spirit of unity and compassion that binds us together as Americans. I order all Alaska State Flags to be flown at half-staff on September 11, 2025, to honor the victims and their families, and all our first responders, caregivers, and servicemen and women who protect the American people every day.

Source: https://gov.alaska.gov/27076-2/