Alabama Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
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Who lowers the flag in Alabama
In Alabama, flags are lowered by order of the Governor, issued as a flag memorandum and posted to the Governor’s newsroom under its own flag-memos category. That category is unusually tidy for a state without a dedicated flag page — the memoranda are collected in one place rather than mixed through general press releases, so an order’s dates and scope are normally stated in the memo itself.
The flag of Alabama
A simple red diagonal cross (Saint Andrew’s cross) on a white field. The design dates to 1895 and echoes the Confederate battle flag’s pattern in a single saltire.
Alabama on the American flag
Alabama’s star joined the national flag on July 4, 1820 — the Fourth of July after admission, as the Flag Act of 1818 provides.
Sunrise and sunset in Montgomery
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Alabama became a state
Carved from the Mississippi Territory, Alabama joined the Union on December 14, 1819 as the 22nd state. Its 20th-century history was reshaped by the civil rights movement — Montgomery hosted the 1955 bus boycott and Selma’s 1965 march — and later by Huntsville’s role in the Apollo space program.
Admitted December 14, 1819 — the 22nd state.
Alabama at a glance
Did you know
- Huntsville’s NASA Marshall Space Flight Center developed the Saturn V rocket.
- Alabama marble lines much of the U.S. Supreme Court building’s interior corridors.
- The state has more freshwater fish species than any other state.
- Mardi Gras was first celebrated in the U.S. in Mobile, not New Orleans.
Born or raised here: Helen Keller (author, advocate; Tuscumbia) · Rosa Parks (civil rights icon; Tuskegee) · Hank Aaron (baseball player; Mobile) · Harper Lee (novelist; Monroeville) · Jesse Owens (Olympic sprinter; Oakville) · Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State; Birmingham)
Alabama in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Alabama.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Alabama today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Alabama as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Alabama?+
In Alabama, flags are lowered by order of the Governor, issued as a flag memorandum and posted to the Governor’s newsroom under its own flag-memos category. That category is unusually tidy for a state without a dedicated flag page — the memoranda are collected in one place rather than mixed through general press releases, so an order’s dates and scope are normally stated in the memo itself.
Does a county order mean the whole of Alabama lowers its flags?+
No. A county or single-facility order (the State Capitol, for instance) applies only where it says it does. This page shows those separately from the statewide status precisely so the two are never confused — if the status above reads full-staff, Alabama has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Alabama?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Montgomery, those times are shown above. On the final day of a half-staff order that runs "until sunset", the flag returns to full height at the local sunset — which is why the West Coast stays lowered a few hours after the East.
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