Half-Staff Notifications
Presidential and Governor issued Half-Staff Notifications
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, known for holding outdoor debates on campuses across the US, was shot and killed at an outdoor campus event in Utah.
In honor of Charlie Kirk, President Donald J. Trump issued the following Proclamation today (September 10th):
As a mark of respect for the memory of Charlie Kirk, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, September 14, 2025. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Display of U.S. Flag
The United States Code identifies several days when a particular effort should be made to display the U.S. Flag. Those days are:
- New Year's Day, January 1
- Inauguration Day, January 20
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, third Monday in January
- Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
- Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February
- National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29
- Easter Sunday (variable)
- Mother's Day, second Sunday in May
- Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15 (half-staff sunrise until sunset)*
- Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May
- Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May*
- Flag Day, June 14
- Father's Day, third Sunday in June
- Independence Day, July 4
- National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27
- Labor Day, first Monday in September
- Patriot Day, September 11 (half-staff sunrise until sunset)*
- Constitution Day, September 17
- Columbus Day, second Monday in October
- Navy Day, October 27
- Veterans Day, November 11
- Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November
- Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7 (half-staff sunrise to sunset)*
- Christmas Day, December 25
- And such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States.
