Any agency under the Illinois Flag Display Act is asked to fly flags at half-staff immediately until sunset, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in honor of victims of Libyan attack.
The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from President Barack Obama that all persons or entities covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to fly the flags at half-staff immediately until Sunset, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. The flag order honors the victims of the attack in Benghazi, Libya. According to a report in HuffPost World, the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats might have been planned—linked to the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks carried out by al Qaeda in Washington and New York. Earlier today, U.S. Congressman Randy Hultgren joined Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in condemning the Tuesday attacks.
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genevaman
12:22 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
Thank you for posting this. Hopefully this will wake a few businesses (and SCHOOLS!) around Geneva into setting a proper example of when to fly the flag half staff. It isn't on your choosing because a colleague or friend passed away. Who can order a half staffing? Only the President and state Governors can decide when and how long the American flag should be flown at half-staff. Read more: http… more ›