Half-staff Notification
Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has ordered that the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Saturday, April 26, 2025, the date of interment, in honor of Corporal John Edwinson of Wilmington, MA who served in the United States Marine Corps, Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment during the World War II. The remains of Corporal Edwinson, who was killed in action in September of 1942 on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, will be laid to rest in Wildwood Cemetery in Wilmington, Massachusetts on this day.
Please observe this order simultaneously with that of His Holiness Pope Francis. The United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flags should return to full staff at sunset Saturday, April 26, 2025.
This gubernatorial order applies to:
1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls
2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings
3. All state military installations