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Gov. Maura Healey ordered that all flags fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Sept. 28 to honor Enrique Delgado-Garcia of Worcester.
The United States of America and Massachusetts flags have been lowered to half-staff after the death of former State Representative Gloria Lavera Fox. Flags at half-staff in Massachusetts in honor ...
American flags in Massachusetts are at half-staff this week to honor the late former Congressman William D. Delahunt, who died last month. Gov. Maura Healey ordered that the flags be lowered from ...
In April 1776, the Massachusetts State Navy adopted, as its flag (naval ensign), a white field charged with a green pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven." In 1971 the motto was removed, and the flag was designated "the naval and maritime flag of the Commonwealth". [19] Massachusetts is one of only three states with its own maritime ensign.
At that time, Statehouse officials created the plan for the Great Hall to hold each of the 351 city and towns flag in Massachusetts. Letters were sent out to all of the cities, and 298 cities promptly produced a flag. Chelsea at the time had a problem; it only had one Chelsea flag, and that flag hung in the City Council chamber at City Hall.
This is a list of official symbols of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Official symbols of the commonwealth are codified in Chapter 2 of the Massachusetts General Laws . [ 1 ]
Private companies and citizens can also choose to display flags at half-staff. How long will flags stay at half-staff? The White House ordered public flags to be displayed at half-staff for a ...
The flags were flown at half-staff during President Richard Nixon’s inauguration for his second term on Jan. 20, 1973, due to him having lowered them earlier for the death of former President ...