New Jersey 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 New Jersey
In New Jersey, flag status is a statutory function rather than a discretionary press matter, and the state maintains what is arguably the cleanest flag-status page in the country — a standing list of orders with their dates, published as official documents. If you want to see how a state ought to publish this, New Jersey is the reference.
The flag of New Jersey
A buff-yellow field (matching Washington’s troops’ uniform facings) carries the state coat of arms with three plows, a horse’s head, and figures of Liberty and Ceres — emblematic of agriculture and freedom.
New Jersey 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 Trenton
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How New Jersey became a state
Settled by the Dutch as part of New Netherland and ceded to England in 1664, New Jersey was named for the Channel Island of Jersey. Its central location made it the site of nearly 100 Revolutionary War battles, and the legislature ratified the U.S. Constitution unanimously on December 18, 1787 to become the third state.
Admitted December 18, 1787 — the 3rd state.
New Jersey at a glance
Did you know
- New Jersey is the most densely populated U.S. state.
- The first organized baseball game was played in Hoboken in 1846.
- The Pine Barrens cover roughly 22% of the state’s land area.
- More than 50 Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil.
Born or raised here: Thomas Edison (inventor; lived and worked in NJ) · Frank Sinatra (singer; Hoboken) · Bruce Springsteen (singer-songwriter) · Albert Einstein (lived in Princeton from 1933) · Meryl Streep (actor) · Jon Stewart (comedian, host)
New Jersey in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in New Jersey.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in New Jersey today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in New Jersey as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in New Jersey?+
In New Jersey, flag status is a statutory function rather than a discretionary press matter, and the state maintains what is arguably the cleanest flag-status page in the country — a standing list of orders with their dates, published as official documents. If you want to see how a state ought to publish this, New Jersey is the reference.
Does a county order mean the whole of New Jersey 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 Jersey has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in New Jersey?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Trenton, 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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