Youngkin orders US, Commonwealth flags flown at half-staff for victims of Minnesota church shooting

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(WFXR)- Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered all U.S. and Commonwealth of Virginia flags to be flown at half-staff starting Wednesday “in memory and respect of the victims of this senseless act of violence committed on August 27, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”

The order applies to all state and local buildings.

It follows a proclamation by President Donald Trump.

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As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, August 31, 2025.  I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

                               DONALD J. TRUMP

Youngkin has ordered the flags to remain at half-staff until sunset on August 31.

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