ALEXANDRIA, VA-Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) has ordered all Commonwealth flags and US flags to fly at half-staff tomorrow on state and local buildings and grounds. This is in honor of the 83rd anniversary of Dec. 7, 1941. That day, with the Japanese attack of American servicemembers in Pearl Harbor, HI, our country entered WWII.
The full order follows:
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 are to be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth in solemn memory and respect for the nearly 4,000 American service men and women killed or wounded in the early morning of December 7, 1941, at the United States Navy Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
I hereby order that the flags shall be lowered at sunrise on Saturday, December 7, 2024, and remain at half-staff until sunset.
Ordered on this, the 6th day of December, 2024.
Sincerely,
Glenn Youngkin
