All Star Flags Half-Mast Flags | All Star Flags - Part 37

American Flags and South Dakota Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, October 22nd through Friday, October 26th in South Dakota in honor of former US Senator George McGovern. McGovern also was the Democratic nominee for President in the 1972 election but lost to Richard Nixon. He was known for his opposition to the Vietnam War and later spent his time and energy working towards feeding needy children around the world.
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Maryland flags to fly at half-staff Sunday, October 21st in Maryland in honor of former State Senator Clarence Mitchell III. Mitchell served in the House of Delegates from 1963-1967 and in the Maryland Senate from 1967-1986.
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American Flags and Iowa Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, October 19th in the state of Iowa in honor of State Senator Pat Ward.
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American Flags and Colorado Flags to fly at half-staff Tuesday, October 23rd in the state of Colorado in honor of Veronica Moser-Sullivan. Moser-Sullivan, 6, was killed July 20 in the Aurora movie theater. A private funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Denver.
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Wyoming State Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, October 19th at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Sweetwater County in honor of former State Representative Chris Plant. Mr. Plant represented Sweetwater County in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1987 to 1992.
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American Flags and Wyoming Flags flying at half-staff in honor of State Treasurer Joe Meyer are scheduled to return to full-staff Monday, October 21st.

Flags have been at half-staff since October 6th in Meyer’s honor and Thursday, October 18th his body will Lie in State at the Capitol in Cheyenne.

Treasurer Meyer took office on January 2, 2007. He served as Secretary of State from 1999 until assuming his duties as State Treasurer and was Wyoming Attorney General from 1986 to 1995.
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American Flags and Texas Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, October 17th through Friday, October 19th in the state of Texas in honor of State Senator Mario V. Gallegos Jr.
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American Flags to fly at half-staff Tuesday, October 16th throughout the United States in honor of former US Senator Arlen Specter.

According to the Office of the President:
As a mark of respect for the memory of Arlen Specter, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that on the day of his interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset on such day. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA
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Pennsylvania Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, October 15th through Tuesday, October 16th in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in honor of former US Senator Arlen Specter. Former Sen. Specter represented Pennsylvania in the US Senate for 30 years.
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American Flags and Wisconsin Flags to fly at half-staff Sunday, October 14th in the state of Wisconsin in honor of US Army Second Lieutenant James Des Jardins.

According to the office of the governor:
US Army Second Lieutenant James Des Jardins lost his life while serving his country during World War II. 2nd Lieutenant Des Jardins, a member of the 360th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group, 8th Army Corps, was killed in 1944 in action when his P-51 Mustang was shot down during a bombing and strafing run of a railroad station in southwestern Germany. In June, 2011, 2nd Lieutenant Des Jardins’s P-51 Mustang and remains were discovered by German officials when a field near Einhausen, Germany was dredged. Second Lieutenant Des Jardins’s remains were officially accounted for in September, 2012.
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