Half-Staff Alert FlagsExpress.com will provide you with an E-mail notification when your American or state flag should be flown at half-staff in accordance to Presidential proclamations. Scroll to the bottom of this page to join our free service. For Virginia Only In accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor, I hereby order that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in respect and memory of Virginia State Police Trooper Lucas Dowell, of Smyth County, Virginia. I hereby order that the flags shall be lowered at sunrise on Saturday, February 9, 2019, and remain at half-staff until sunset. Ordered on this, the 8th day of February, 2019. **When flown at half-staff or half-mast, the U.S. flag should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff or half-mast position. The flag should again be raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. ![]() |