Governor Rell: Flags to Half-Staff

in Memory of Fort Hood Shooting Victims

Order Conforms to President’s Directive to Lower National Flags

            Governor M. Jodi Rell today ordered U.S. and State of Connecticut flags flown at half-staff until sundown on Tuesday, November 10, in memory of the victims of Thursday’s shootings at Fort Hood.

The order follows the announcement by President Obama that U.S. flags are to be flown at half-staff for the same period.

            “Our State and our Nation grieve with those who have lost loved ones at Fort Hood,” Governor Rell said.  “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ families.  This was a brutal crime that this nation will not forget.”

            As a matter of protocol, state flags are always lowered when the national flag is flown at half-staff.