Flags Lowered Monday For Memorial Day Observance

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From a press release Friday (May 24):

In observance of Memorial Day, Gov. Neil Abercrombie has ordered that national and state flags be flown at half-staff at state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard from sunrise to noon on Monday, May 27, 2013.

President Barack Obama today issued a proclamation declaring Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, “as a day of prayer for permanent peace” and requested that the governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the appropriate officials of all units of government, direct that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff until noon, and for the people of the United States to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.

The President also designated the hour beginning in each locality at 11 a.m. as a time to unite in prayer, and further asked all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3 p.m. local time.

Gov. Abercrombie will deliver the keynote address at the annual Governor’s Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe.

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—Chad Blair

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