Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, in accordance with United States Public Law 107-89, has ordered that the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings on Friday, September 11, 2026, in observance of Patriot Day, in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and the Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. The United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag shall be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset.
This gubernatorial order applies to:
1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls
2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings
3. All state military installations
Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, in accordance with G.L. c. 2, § 6A, has ordered that the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, September 18, 2026, in observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day and in honor of United States service members who are prisoners of war or missing in action.
This gubernatorial order applies to:
1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls
2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings
3. All state military installations
Please be advised that as a mark of respect for the memory of Dolly Parton, and in accordance with a Presidential proclamation, Governor Maura T. Healey has ordered the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings beginning at 6:00PM today, August 25, 2026, and continuing until sunset on September 1, 2026.
This gubernatorial order applies to:
1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls
2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings
3. All state military installations
United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, August 14, 2026, the date of interment, in honor of Corporal Norman Ronald Levesque
Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has ordered that the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, August 14, 2026, the date of interment, in honor of Corporal Norman Ronald Levesque of Taunton, Massachusetts, who served in the United States Army, Battery C, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War. The remains of Corporal Levesque, who was reported Missing in Action (MIA) in the vicinity of Pohang, South Korea, on August 11, 1950, will be laid to rest at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts.
