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Whitmer Orders Lowering of Flags after Nashville Shooting
Whitmer Orders Lowering of Flags after Nashville Shooting
March 28, 2023
April O'Neil / news@WHMI.com
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags at all public buildings and grounds across the state of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Monday, March 27 through sunset on Friday, March 31 to honor and remember the victims of the shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
This order pertains to all Michigan residents, local governments, businesses, schools, and the State Capitol Complex in Lansing.
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March 28, 2023
April O'Neil / news@WHMI.com
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags at all public buildings and grounds across the state of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Monday, March 27 through sunset on Friday, March 31 to honor and remember the victims of the shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
This order pertains to all Michigan residents, local governments, businesses, schools, and the State Capitol Complex in Lansing.
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all the time since we have mass shootings daily. We can raise it to full mast if we have a day where we don't have a mass murder event.
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