The Patriot Day observance is an important day in the United States. On this day, Americans lower their American flags to half-mast and observe a moment of silence.
Half Staff Notifications
National Firefighters Memorial Day 2024
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend:May 4 – 5, 2024 Public Law calls for American flags to be lowered to Half-Staff from sunrise until sunset in honor of National Firefighters Memorial Day this coming Sunday, May 5, 2024. Read our Half mast flying instructions here. If your location is closed over the weekend, please consider lowering your […]
Statement from President Biden on the Passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana
AUGUST 03, 2022•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Jill and I are shocked and saddened by the death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana along with two members of her staff in a car accident today in Indiana. Born in her beloved South Bend as the daughter of a meat-cutter and firefighter, she spent a lifetime serving the […]
A Proclamation Honoring The Victims Of The Tragedy In Uvalde, Texas
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, 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 […]
