Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday, Sept. 11 in honor of those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Flags will be lowered at sunrise on Monday, and will remain at half-staff until sunset.
The order applies to the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia flags flown on all local, state, and federal buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth, according to the Office of the Governor.
You can read the Governor’s full order below.
In accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor, I hereby order that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all local, state, and federal buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in solemn memory and respect for the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and in remembrance of the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the rescue mission and in defense of the American principles of freedom, justice, and individual liberty.
I hereby order that the flags shall be lowered at sunrise on Monday, September 11, 2023 and remain at half-staff until sunset.
Ordered on this, the 10th day of September, 2023.
Governor Glenn Youngkin