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Flag Status Alert: Rep. Jim Hagedorn

Flag Status Alert: United States Flag and Maryland Flag are at Half-Staff

President Joseph R. Biden ordered the United States Flag to be flown at half-staff effective immediately and returned to full staff at midnight tonight, Friday, February 18, 2022. This is to pay respect to United States Representative Jim Hagedorn from the State of Minnesota. Representative Hagedorn passed away yesterday, February 17, 2022. As a matter of protocol, the Maryland flag is lowered to half-staff. No flag may fly higher than the United States flag.

Here is a link to the AP article: Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn dies at 59 after cancer battle

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Flag Status Alert: EMT Wayne Fisher

Flag Status Alert: United States Flag and Maryland Flag are at Half-Staff

This is to advise that Governor Larry Hogan ordered the United States Flag and Maryland Flag be lowered to half-staff effective immediately and returned to full staff at sunset on the day of interment, tomorrow, February 17, 2022. This action is in honor of EMT Wayne Fisher of the Harford County Fire and EMS Foundation, assigned to Darlington Volunteer Fire Company, who died in the line of duty on February 6, 2022. Here is a link to the WMAR article: Funeral arrangements for Harford County EMT Wayne Fisher