Colorado Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
The current status could not be loaded just now. The national status is on the main flag page.
Who lowers the flag in Colorado
In Colorado, flags are lowered by the Governor, and the Governor’s office maintains a dedicated flag-status page listing the current order. Colorado is one of the states whose page shows only the order presently in effect rather than an archive, so the page answers "is it lowered today" cleanly but is not a history of past orders.
The flag of Colorado
Three horizontal blue, white, and blue stripes overlaid with a red letter “C” filled with a gold disk — symbolizing the state’s clear skies, snowy mountains, ample sunshine, and gold-mining history.
Colorado on the American flag
Colorado’s star joined the national flag on July 4, 1877 — the Fourth of July after admission, as the Flag Act of 1818 provides.
Sunrise and sunset in Denver
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Colorado became a state
Admitted on August 1, 1876 — the centennial of American independence — Colorado earned the nickname “Centennial State.” Its mining booms drew settlers to the high Rockies, and the state later became home to the nation’s Olympic training center and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Admitted August 1, 1876 — the 38th state.
Colorado at a glance
Did you know
- Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any state — 6,800 feet.
- It contains 58 peaks above 14,000 feet (“fourteeners”).
- The cheeseburger was reportedly first served in Denver in 1935.
- Colorado was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.
Born or raised here: John Kerry (politician; Aurora) · Tim Allen (actor; Denver) · Trey Parker (creator of South Park; Conifer) · Hattie McDaniel (first Black Oscar winner; lived in Denver) · Jack Dempsey (boxer; Manassa) · Ward Bond (actor; Denver)
Colorado in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Colorado.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Colorado today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Colorado as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Colorado?+
In Colorado, flags are lowered by the Governor, and the Governor’s office maintains a dedicated flag-status page listing the current order. Colorado is one of the states whose page shows only the order presently in effect rather than an archive, so the page answers "is it lowered today" cleanly but is not a history of past orders.
Does a county order mean the whole of Colorado 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, Colorado has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Colorado?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Denver, 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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