Ohio Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
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Who lowers the flag in Ohio
In Ohio, flags are lowered by the Governor, and the Governor’s office maintains a flag-honors page. Ohio issues a comparatively large number of orders, many of them covering a single county in honour of a fallen first responder, so an Ohio notice is frequently local — the order text is where the covered area is established.
The flag of Ohio
The only non-rectangular U.S. state flag — a swallow-tailed burgee with a blue triangle containing 17 stars and a red-and-white circle suggesting both the letter O and the buckeye nut.
Ohio on the American flag
The Flag Act of 1818 returned the stripes permanently to thirteen and specified that a new star would be added on the Fourth of July following each state's admission. Twenty stars recognized the original thirteen plus Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi.
Sunrise and sunset in Columbus
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Ohio became a state
Carved from the Northwest Territory, Ohio joined the Union on March 1, 1803 as the first state created from federal lands governed by the Northwest Ordinance — the model template for the country’s western expansion. The state would produce seven U.S. presidents, more than any other except Virginia.
Admitted March 1, 1803 — the 17th state.
Ohio at a glance
Did you know
- Seven U.S. presidents were born in Ohio.
- The first American hospital for the mentally ill opened in Cincinnati in 1821.
- Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- Akron was once known as the “Rubber Capital of the World.”
Born or raised here: Ulysses S. Grant (18th President; Point Pleasant) · William McKinley (25th President; Niles) · William Howard Taft (27th President; Cincinnati) · Thomas Edison (inventor; Milan) · Neil Armstrong (astronaut; Wapakoneta) · Toni Morrison (novelist; Lorain)
Ohio in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Ohio.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Ohio today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Ohio as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Ohio?+
In Ohio, flags are lowered by the Governor, and the Governor’s office maintains a flag-honors page. Ohio issues a comparatively large number of orders, many of them covering a single county in honour of a fallen first responder, so an Ohio notice is frequently local — the order text is where the covered area is established.
Does a county order mean the whole of Ohio 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, Ohio has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Ohio?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Columbus, 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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