Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 82, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, instrumentalities, and all public buildings during appropriate hours on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, in recognition and in mourning of the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, including those from our home State.

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 353, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, in recognition and mourning of United States Army Reserve Sergeant William Jerome Rivers.

Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 90, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Monday, November 4, 2019, in recognition and mourning of a dedicated and tireless public servant, Representative William J. Hughes.

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 in recognition and mourning of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - All State and local government agencies and interested organizations, groups and individuals are urged to fly the flags of the United States and the State of New Jersey at half-staff each December 7 in honor of the individuals who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor.   NJSA 36:2-59

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - All State and local government agencies and interested organizations, groups and individuals are urged to fly the flags of the United States and the State of New Jersey at half-staff each December 7 in honor of the individuals who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor.    NJSA 36:2-59

Honoring Abe Shinzo, the longest serving Prime Minister in Japan’s history. Shinzo was a proud servant of the Japanese people and a faithful friend to the United States. Flags Half-Staff - May 24, 2022 Until Sunset on May 28, 2022

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on January 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, California, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that 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, January 26, 2023. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, August 9, 2019, in recognition and mourning of a visionary author and distinguished professor, Toni Morrison.

Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 338, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours from Friday, August 4, 2023, through Monday, September 4, 2023, in recognition and mourning of Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, my friend, partner, and colleague, and someone who will always be remembered as a dedicated and trailblazing leader for all of New Jersey.

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours from Thursday, March 16, 2023 through Thursday, March 23, 2023 in recognition and mourning of Senator Ronald Rice.

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 358, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in recognition and mourning of New Jersey State Police Trooper Marcellus E. Bethea, Badge #7829.

Flags Half Staff - Friday, December 4, 2020, through Sunday, December 6, 2020 - State Police Trooper Recruit Lucas C. Homeijer - Executive Order No. 206

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, August 19, 2022, in recognition and mourning of Assemblywoman Maureen Ogden.

Governor Murphy signed the Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities until sunset on Sunday, March 27, 2022, in recognition and mourning of an American icon, Secretary Madeleine Albright.

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 24, 2022, by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that 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, May 28, 2022.

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 349, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours from Tuesday, December 5, 2023, through the day of Justice O'Connor's interment, in recognition and mourning of a trailblazing Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Acting Governor Oliver signed Executive Order No. 77, ordering U.S. and New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff on Friday, August 9, 2019, to honor the life of famed New Jersey author Toni Morrison.

As a mark of respect and remembrance of the one million American lives lost to COVID-19, the President has issued a statement and ordered the flag to be flown at half-staff beginning immediately and return to full staff at sunset on Monday, May 16, 2022

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order 258 ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, September 3, 2021, in recognition and mourning of Keith Pinto.

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in recognition and mourning of Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, an accomplished and respected legislator and devoted public servant.

Governor Murphy has signed the attached Executive Order, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, in recognition and mourning of First Lady Eleanor Rosalynn Carter.

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Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday June 9, 2023 in recognition and mourning of Judge Lisa Payne Thornton.

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, December 1, 2023, in recognition and mourning of a dedicated legislator and public servant, Representative Herbert C. Klein.

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in recognition and mourning of Senator Jim Hurley, a lifelong public servant.

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours from Tuesday, August 6, 2019, through Thursday, August 8, 2019, in recognition and mourning of the passing of the victims in El Paso and Dayton.

“The senseless acts of domestic terrorism in El Paso and Dayton have left us shaken yet undeterred in our resolve to end the tragedy of gun violence that plagues communities all across our nation,” said Acting Governor Sheila Oliver. “New Jersey joins the rest of our nation in mourning the 31 innocent lives cut short and, in their honor, we will lower our flags to half-mast.”

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 359, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, May 31, 2024, in recognition and mourning of an extraordinary Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Justice Alan Handler.

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Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 270, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall remain at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities through sunset on Friday, October 22, 2021, in recognition and mourning of General Colin Powell.

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 357, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours from Wednesday, May 1, 2024 through Thursday, May 2, 2024, in recognition and mourning of a dedicated legislator and public servant, Representative Donald M. Payne, Jr.

Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 340 NOW, THEREFORE, I, PHILIP D. MURPHY, Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT: 1. The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, instrumentalities, and all public buildings during appropriate hours on Monday, September 11, 2023, in recognition and in mourning of the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, including those from our home State. 2. This Order shall take effect immediately. GIVEN, under my hand and seal this 8th day of September, Two Thousand and Twentythree, and of the Independence of the United States, the Two Hundred and Forty-Eighth.

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours from Monday April 3, 2023 through Tuesday, April 4, 2023 in recognition and mourning of United States Army Sergeant David Solinas, Jr..

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours until sunset on Thursday, February 10, 2022, in recognition and mourning of a dedicated public servant, Judge Barbara A. Curran.

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 355, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, February 16, 2024, in recognition and mourning of Senator and Assemblyman Paul J. Contillo, a dedicated public servant.

Governor Murphy signed the attached Executive Order ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Thursday, February 16, 2023, in recognition and mourning of Assemblyman Francis L. Bodine, a longtime, dedicated legislator. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Pursuant to 4 USC 7 (m), the flags of the United States are to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the passing of United States Representative Donald McEachin from Virginia. The flags are at half-staff at the White House complex and will remain there for today only. Flags Half-Staff - August 19, 2022

The President has directed the flags be lowered to half-staff in honor of former Senator Harry Reid. The day of interment is scheduled for January 13, 2022, therefore, the flag will be lowered to half-staff beginning at midnight January 12 and return to full staff at sunset on Thursday, January 13, 2022.

Flags Half Staff Notification - Friday January 31, 2020 through Sunday February 2, 2020 - New Jersey State Police Colonel Justin J. Dintino - Executive Order No. 101

Acting Governor Oliver signed Executive Order No. 76, ordering U.S. and New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff to honor the lives of the 31 victims of the attacks in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.

New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff on Friday, September 6th and Saturday, September 7, 2019, to honor the life of Art England’s wake and funeral.  Art England was a veteran, hero and former TC member.

Governor Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 352, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, February 2, 2024, in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal New Jersey hero, Firefighter Marques Hudson.

Acting Governor Nicholas P. Scutari signed the attached Executive Order, ordering the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Monday, August 14, 2023, in recognition and mourning of Senator and Assemblyman James S. Cafiero, a longtime, dedicated legislator.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.

"Toni Morrison was a winner of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Humanities Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom," said Acting Governor Sheila Oliver. "Here, in New Jersey, we will remember her not only by her remarkable achievements, but also by the countless lives that she touched with her beautiful storytelling and brilliant writing. While Toni may not be with us anymore, her work will reach generations to come."

As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of Representative Elijah E. Cummings, of Maryland, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that 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 through October 18, 2019.  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.

Presidential Proclamation - As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on October 25, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that 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, October 30, 2023.  I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.