Nebraska Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
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Who lowers the flag in Nebraska
In Nebraska, flags are lowered by proclamation of the Governor and announced through the Governor’s newsroom. Nebraska is split across two time zones, and its orders are frequently issued for a specific community or county, so the proclamation text is where the actual scope is established.
The flag of Nebraska
A blue field carries the state seal: a settler’s cabin, a Missouri River steamboat, the Rocky Mountains, and a sheaf of wheat, with the motto on a banner — all encircled by the words “Great Seal of the State of Nebraska” and the 1867 statehood date.
Nebraska on the American flag
Nebraska’s star joined the national flag on July 4, 1867 — the Fourth of July after admission, as the Flag Act of 1818 provides.
Adopted July 4, 1867, to recognize Nebraska. It flew through Reconstruction and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Sunrise and sunset in Lincoln
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Nebraska became a state
Carved from the Nebraska Territory and Homestead Act lands, the state joined the Union on March 1, 1867 as the 37th state. Its prairie sod was broken by waves of settlers responding to the 1862 Homestead Act, transforming the Great Plains into one of the world’s most productive farming regions.
Admitted March 1, 1867 — the 37th state.
Nebraska at a glance
Did you know
- Nebraska has the only one-house, nonpartisan state legislature.
- More than 90% of the state’s land is in farms and ranches.
- Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings in 1927.
- Nebraska adopted statewide 911 service early, though the first U.S. 911 call was placed in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968.
Born or raised here: Gerald Ford (38th President; Omaha) · Warren Buffett (investor; Omaha) · Marlon Brando (actor; Omaha) · Fred Astaire (dancer, actor; Omaha) · Malcolm X (born in Omaha) · Henry Fonda (actor; Grand Island)
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Nebraska today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Nebraska as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Nebraska?+
In Nebraska, flags are lowered by proclamation of the Governor and announced through the Governor’s newsroom. Nebraska is split across two time zones, and its orders are frequently issued for a specific community or county, so the proclamation text is where the actual scope is established.
Does a county order mean the whole of Nebraska 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, Nebraska has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Nebraska?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Lincoln, 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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