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Posted on: October 7, 2024

[ARCHIVED] Why are the Flags at Half-Staff?

Flag on the Common at half mast

Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has ordered the United States of America flag and Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag to be flown at half-staff today, October 7, 2024, in memory of those killed in Hamas’s attack on Israel one year ago today, October 7, 2023.

 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

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