Particle.news
Download on the App Store
3 ARTICLES
·
3d ago

Connecticut Orders Flags Lowered Sunday to Mark 13 Years Since Sandy Hook

The order serves as an invitation for statewide civic participation in a sunrise-to-sunset remembrance.

A memorial to the 26 innocent lives lost in the Sandy Hook tragedy opened in Newtown in November 2022.
Flowers lay next to the name of Charlotte Bacon, carved in the stone of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Overview

  • Flags will fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on December 14 on the Connecticut State Capitol and all state-operated buildings, grounds, and facilities.
  • Gov. Ned Lamont encouraged municipalities, schools, businesses, organizations, and residents to lower their flags for the same period.
  • State guidance reiterates that no flag should be flown higher than the U.S. flag, requiring other flags to be lowered as well.
  • The observance marks the 13th anniversary of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children and six educators, described by officials as the deadliest at a U.S. elementary school.
  • Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz urged remembrance that honors teachers’ courage and called for kindness, generosity, and a commitment to a more peaceful world.