Flags Half-Staff 11/14-11/16 for USN CAPT Thomas Hudner, Medal of Honor
Posted on: November 14, 2017 - 12:09pm
Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings beginning immediately until sunset on Thursday, November 16th in honor of Captain Thomas J. Hudner Jr., USN (Ret), recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor - Korean War, native of Fall River, Massachusetts and resident of Concord, Massachusetts, who passed away on November 13, 2017.
This gubernatorial order applies to:
1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls
2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings
3. All state military installations