Summary
Governors in eight U.S. states have ordered flags to fly at half-staff. This honors civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson, as well as a state trooper and two lawmakers who have died. The flags will remain lowered until specific dates in each state.
Key Facts
- Flags in eight states will be at half-staff to honor notable individuals.
- Reverend Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader, is one of the individuals honored.
- In North Carolina, the lowering also honors Trooper Stien Davis Jr., who died while working.
- In Indiana, flags honor former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton, who served for over 30 years.
- In Virginia, flags honor Delegate Barry Knight.
- The states involved include Illinois, North Carolina, Indiana, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.
- Each governor specified the duration for their state's flag-lowering.
- The events coincide with memorials and funerals scheduled in the respective states.
