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 Friday, August 14, 2026, the date of interment, in honor of Corporal Norman Ronald Levesque of Taunton, Massachusetts, who served in the United States Army, Battery C, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War. The remains of Corporal Levesque, who was reported Missing in Action (MIA) in the vicinity of Pohang, South Korea, on August 11, 1950, will be laid to rest at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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

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