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Gov. Ige Orders U.S. Flag to Be Flown at Half-Staff

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Gov. David Ige has ordered that the United States flag, at the direction of the president of the United States, will be flown at half-staff starting on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, at the State Capitol and at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawai‘i National Guard in the State of Hawai‘i.

The flags will be flown at half-staff until sunset, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017.

This action honors the victims of the mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

“I extend my deepest condolences to the grieving families who lost loved ones at the mass shooting in a church in Texas and continue to pray for the recovery of those wounded.” said Gov. Ige.

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Read the president’s proclamation online.

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