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Flag Status Alert: Robb Elementary School

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

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 24, 2022, by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Joseph R. Biden ordered the United States Flag lowered to half-staff effective immediately and returned to full staff at sunset, Saturday, May 28, 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 Fox News article: Uvalde, Texas school shooting

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Flag Status Alert: COVID-19

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

As a mark of respect and remembrance of the one million American lives lost to COVID-19, President Joseph R. Biden ordered the United States Flag be lowered to half-staff effective immediately and returned to full-staff at sunset, Monday, May 16, 2022

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Flag Status Alert: Fallen Heroes Day

Flag Status Alert: Maryland Flag is at Half-Staff

This is to advise that Governor Larry Hogan ordered the Maryland State Flag be lowered to half-staff at sunrise, Friday, May 6, 2022, and returned to full staff at sunset, Friday, May 6, 2022, for Fallen Heroes Day. This day honors Fallen Heroes who have lost their lives in service to our State during the last year. Here is a link to a Yahoo article: Loved Ones Prepare for Fallen Heroes Day In Baltimore County