Flags Half-Staff 11/6-11/9 for Texas Victims

Please be advised that as a mark of respect for the victims of this senseless act of violence perpetrated on November 5, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and in accordance with a Presidential proclamation, 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 and should remain so until sunset, Thursday, November 9, 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