Office of the Governor – Flag Order – Flags to be Raised to Full-Staff
Posted on Nov 29, 2023 in Flag Orders, Latest Department News, Newsroom, Office of the Governor Press Releases
JOSH GREEN, M.D.
GOVERNOR
KE KIAʻĀINA
FLAGS TO RETURN TO FULL–STAFF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 29, 2023
HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green, M.D., has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi State flag be returned to normal protocols effective Thursday morning, November 30, 2023.
The flags were ordered lowered to half-staff on October 20, in mourning the lives being lost in the ongoing Middle East conflict, be continued in respect for the victims of the October 25 gun violence in Lewiston, Maine and in observance of President Joseph Biden’s order that flags be lowered out of respect for the memory of late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
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