| 1/20/2025 | Flag Status Alert: United States Flag Is at Full-Staff, Maryland Flag Is at Half-Staff
President Donald J. Trump ordered the United States Flag to be flown at full-staff for the remainder of Inauguration Day, today, Monday, January 20, 2025. The United States Flag shall be flown at full-staff effective immediately until the end of the day today. The Maryland Flag shall continue to be flown at half-staff in honor of Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. At midnight tonight, the United States Flag shall return to half-staff in honor of President Carter and remain at half-staff until the period of 30 days from the day of his death has concluded. | | 1/16/2025 | Flag Status Alert: United States Flag and Maryland Flag are at Half-Staff
This is to advise that Governor Wes Moore ordered the Maryland Flag lowered to half-staff effective immediately. This action is for Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service who died in the line of duty on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The United States Flag will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, January 24, 2025 for Master Firefighter Higgins; the day his funeral service. The United States Flag and Maryland Flag will continue to fly at half-staff in honor of President Carter until sunset, Tuesday, January 28, 2025. | | 12/29/2024 | Flag Status Alert: United States Flag and Maryland Flag are at Half-Staff
This is to advise that Governor Wes Moore ordered the United States Flag and Maryland Flag lowered to half-staff effective immediately. Flags shall be returned to full-staff at sunset on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. This action is in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away today, Sunday, December 29, 2024 (per federal law, the flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of a former President). | | 12/19/2024 | Flag Status Alert: Maryland Flag Will be Lowered to Half-Staff
This is to advise that Governor Wes Moore ordered the Maryland Flag be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Friday, December 20, 2024. This is for former State Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., who passed away on Monday, December 16, 2024. | | 12/6/2024 | Flag Status Alert: United States Flag and Maryland Flag Will be at Half-Staff
President Joseph R. Biden has ordered the United States Flag lowered to half-staff tomorrow, Saturday, December 7, 2024, in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The flag is to be flown at half-staff for the entire 24-hour period of Saturday, December 7, 2024, starting at midnight tonight and returning to full-staff at midnight tomorrow night. This action commemorates those Americans who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. As a matter of protocol, the Maryland flag is lowered to half-staff. No flag may fly higher than the United States flag. | | 11/15/2024 | Flag Status Alert: Maryland Flag Will be Lowered to Half-Staff
This is to advise that Governor Wes Moore has ordered the Maryland Flag lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Sunday, November 17, 2024. This is the day of the memorial service for Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge John F. McAuliffe, who passed away on Friday, October 25, 2024. | | 11/4/2024 | Flag Status Alert: Maryland Flag Will be Lowered to Half-Staff
This is to advise that Governor Wes Moore ordered the Maryland Flag be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Tuesday, November 5, 2024. This is for former State Senator Ida G. Ruben, who passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024. | | 10/25/2024 | Flag Status Alert: Maryland Flag Will be Lowered to Half-Staff
This is to advise that Governor Wes Moore ordered the Maryland Flag be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, Saturday, October 26, 2024. This is for former State Delegate Dennis C. Donaldson, who passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024. |
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