All Star Flags Half-Mast Flags | All Star Flags - Part 31

American Flags and Florida Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, January 25th at the Capitol complex in Florida in honor of US Army Specialist Arandall L. Shears. Specialist Shears was assigned to A Company, 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 83rd Troop Command, Army National Guard, Gainesville, Florida.

Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in Alachua County and the City of Gainesville.
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Rhode Island state flags to fly at half-staff beginning Thursday, January 24th through the date of her interment in honor of former Secretary of State Barbara Leonard.

According to the office of the governor:
Former Secretary of State Barbara Leonard was called to public service. In addition to her tenure as Secretary of State, Barbara served, under Governors Garrahy and DiPrete, on the Boards of the Rhode Island Port Authority; the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation; the Rhode Island Job Training Council; the Rhode Island Vocational Education Advisory Board; the Board of Commissioners of Public Telecommunications; the Rhode Island Advisory Committee on Refugee Resettlement; the Veterans Memorial Commission; and the Rhode Island Commodores. She also was appointed by President Reagan to serve as New England Regional Administrator for the General Services Administration.
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American Flags and Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, January 26th at the Capitol complex in Virginia in honor of US Army Sergeant David J. Chambers.

Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in the City of Hampton and in any other locality as deemed appropriate.
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American Flags and Massachusetts Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, January 24th in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in honor of US Army Sergeant First Class Michael J. Squillaci.
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American Flags and Oklahoma Flags to fly at half-staff Tuesday, January 22nd in the state of Oklahoma in honor of Retired Supreme Court Justice Ralph B. Hodges.

According to the office of the governor:
Justice Hodges was appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court by Governor Henry Bellmon in 1965. He was the youngest person appointed to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He served two terms as Chief Justice, the first from 1977-1978 and the second from 1993-1994. He retired from the Court in 2004.
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American Flags and Massachusetts Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, January 18th in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in honor of US Army Pfc. Antonio Syrakos.
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North Carolina State Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, January 14th in honor of NC State Senator Jean Preston.

According to the office of the governor:
Preston served seven terms in the state House and three in the state Senate before retiring last fall. A native of Greene County, she represented Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico counties. Preston served as co-chair of the Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education and the Senate Appropriation Subcommittee on Education/Higher Education. She was the joint Republican caucus leader.
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American Flags and Maine Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, January 11th through Sunday, January 13th in the state of Maine in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Backus.

According to the office of the governor:
LTC Backus was a Maine Army National Guard Active Guard and Reserve officer serving with the Joint Forces Headquarters. He died unexpectedly on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, while performing his duties at Camp Keyes in Augusta. Backus, a graduate of Mt. Blue High School in 1986, and a 1990 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, served his country in a number of different capacities of increasing responsibility throughout his 22-year career.
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Wyoming Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, January 11th at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Converse County in honor of former State Representative Dave Edwards. Representative Edwards served Converse County in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2001-2008 and as a County Commissioner from 2009-2012.
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North Carolina Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, January 9th in honor of North Carolina Insurance Commissioner John Ingram.
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