New Hampshire Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
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Who lowers the flag in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and announced through the Governor’s office. New Hampshire orders are often issued for a single fallen service member or first responder and specify the day of interment, which means the end of the order is tied to an event rather than a fixed date.
The flag of New Hampshire
A blue field encircles the state seal, which depicts the frigate USS Raleigh — one of the first Continental Navy ships, built across the river at Kittery in 1776 — surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves and nine stars.
New Hampshire 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 Concord
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How New Hampshire became a state
First settled by English fishermen in 1623 and named for the English county of Hampshire, the colony was separated from Massachusetts in 1679. It declared independence six months before the Continental Congress and ratified the U.S. Constitution on June 21, 1788 — the decisive ninth vote that put the new government into effect.
Admitted June 21, 1788 — the 9th state.
New Hampshire at a glance
Did you know
- New Hampshire holds the first presidential primary in every election cycle.
- The state has no general sales tax and no personal income tax.
- Mount Washington holds one of the highest wind speeds ever recorded at a surface station: 231 mph in 1934.
- Concord Coaches, made in NH, defined stagecoach travel in the 19th-century American West.
Born or raised here: Franklin Pierce (14th President; Hillsborough) · Daniel Webster (statesman; Salisbury) · Robert Frost (poet; lived and wrote in NH) · Mary Baker Eddy (founder of Christian Science) · Sarah Silverman (comedian; Bedford)
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in New Hampshire today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in New Hampshire as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in New Hampshire?+
In New Hampshire, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and announced through the Governor’s office. New Hampshire orders are often issued for a single fallen service member or first responder and specify the day of interment, which means the end of the order is tied to an event rather than a fixed date.
Does a county order mean the whole of New Hampshire 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, New Hampshire has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in New Hampshire?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Concord, 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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