Connecticut 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 Connecticut
In Connecticut, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and announced through the state portal’s press releases. Connecticut does not maintain a separate flag-status page, so an order lives among general announcements from the Governor’s office; the release itself carries the honoree, the dates and whether the order is statewide.
The flag of Connecticut
A white baroque shield set on a field of azure blue carries three grapevines, each bearing three bunches of purple fruit, above a white streamer with the state motto. The grapevines represent the early settlers transplanted from Massachusetts.
Connecticut on the American flag
Adopted by the Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777 — 'Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.' The circular star arrangement is traditionally credited to Betsy Ross, the Philadelphia upholsterer said to have sewn the first example for General Washington.
Sunrise and sunset in Hartford
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Connecticut became a state
Settled by Puritans from Massachusetts in 1636, Connecticut adopted the Fundamental Orders of 1639 — often called the first written constitution in the Western world. It ratified the U.S. Constitution on January 9, 1788 to become the fifth state, and the document’s federalist design owes a debt to delegate Roger Sherman’s Connecticut Compromise.
Admitted January 9, 1788 — the 5th state.
Connecticut at a glance
Did you know
- Connecticut adopted the first written constitution in the Western world, the Fundamental Orders.
- The first hamburger, helicopter, and color television were produced in Connecticut.
- It is the third-smallest state by area but among the most densely populated.
- The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is in New London.
Born or raised here: Noah Webster (lexicographer; Hartford) · Harriet Beecher Stowe (author; Hartford) · Katharine Hepburn (actor) · Nathan Hale (Revolutionary War patriot) · Eli Whitney (inventor; lived in New Haven)
Connecticut in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Connecticut.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Connecticut today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Connecticut as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Connecticut?+
In Connecticut, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and announced through the state portal’s press releases. Connecticut does not maintain a separate flag-status page, so an order lives among general announcements from the Governor’s office; the release itself carries the honoree, the dates and whether the order is statewide.
Does a county order mean the whole of Connecticut 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, Connecticut has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Connecticut?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Hartford, 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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