Florida Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
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Who lowers the flag in Florida
In Florida, flags are lowered by the Governor, and the Executive Office of the Governor maintains a flag-information page. Florida orders are issued as memoranda rather than formal proclamations, which is why the wording of a Florida notice often reads differently from other states — the memorandum names the honoree, the buildings covered and the period, and it is the authoritative text.
The flag of Florida
A red diagonal cross on a white field with the state seal centered: a Seminole woman scatters flowers in front of a steamboat and palmetto trees beneath a rising sun.
Florida on the American flag
Florida’s star joined the national flag on July 4, 1845 — the Fourth of July after admission, as the Flag Act of 1818 provides.
Sunrise and sunset in Tallahassee
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Florida became a state
Spanish since Juan Ponce de León’s 1513 landing, Florida was ceded to the United States by treaty in 1819 and admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. The state’s explosive 20th-century growth — driven by tourism, retirement, the space program, and immigration — made it one of the most populous in the country.
Admitted March 3, 1845 — the 27th state.
Florida at a glance
Did you know
- Florida has more than 1,300 miles of coastline.
- Kennedy Space Center remains the primary launch site for U.S. crewed missions.
- The Everglades is the only place where alligators and crocodiles coexist.
- Florida produces about half of the U.S. orange supply.
Born or raised here: Sidney Poitier (actor; Miami) · Tom Petty (musician; Gainesville) · Jim Morrison (musician; Melbourne) · Janet Reno (Attorney General; Miami) · Marco Rubio (politician; Miami)
Florida in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Florida.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Florida today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Florida as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Florida?+
In Florida, flags are lowered by the Governor, and the Executive Office of the Governor maintains a flag-information page. Florida orders are issued as memoranda rather than formal proclamations, which is why the wording of a Florida notice often reads differently from other states — the memorandum names the honoree, the buildings covered and the period, and it is the authoritative text.
Does a county order mean the whole of Florida 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, Florida has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Florida?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Tallahassee, 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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