BALTIMORE, MD—Governor Wes Moore has ordered the Maryland flag lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Friday, May 5, 2023. The flag is being lowered to commemorate Fallen Heroes Day. This day honors Maryland police, firefighters, and emergency medical/rescue personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty during the past year. A ceremony will be held […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore has ordered the Maryland Flag to be lowered to half-staff effective immediately. It will remain at half-staff until sunset on Friday, March 24, 2023. The flag is being lowered in honor of the six Maryland highway construction workers who were killed in Wednesday’s tragic accident on I-695. Rolando Ruiz, 46, of Laurel; Carlos Orlando Villatoro Escobar, 43, […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore has ordered the Maryland flag to be lowered to half-staff on Monday, February 20, 2023. The flag is being lowered to commemorate Civil Rights Heroes day. In 2021, then-Governor Larry Hogan issued a proclamation recognizing February 20, the anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ death, as Civil Rights Heroes Day for the first time in Maryland history. “Our […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan ordered the Maryland flag to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday to mark International Overdose Awareness Day 2022. International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died. It also serves to acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. It was initiated in […]
ANAAPOLIS, MD—Effective immediately, both the U.S. and Maryland state flags will be flown at half-staff in honor of a Maryland police officer who was shot and killed over the weekend. Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard of the Wicomico Police Department died in the line of duty on Sunday night. Hilliard was shot while attempting to arrest a suspect who had […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—As a mark of respect for the victims of Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. Flag lowered to half-staff. Governor Larry Hogan has also ordered the Maryland flag to be lowered. The flags will return to full-staff at sunset on Saturday, May 28, 2022. At least 19 children and […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland state flag will fly at half-staff on Friday, May 6, 2022. Governor Hogan ordered the flag to be lowered from sunrise to sunset. Friday marks Maryland’s Fallen Heroes Day. The day honors police, firefighters, and emergency medical/rescue personnel who have died in the line of duty during the last year. There will be a ceremony at the […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the ordered the Maryland State Flag be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Saturday, April 9, 2022. The flag is being lowered on honor of the day of interment for former State Delegate William S. Horne, who passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022. As a delegate, Horne chaired the Eastern Shore Delegation, […]