The Office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut

04/25/2025 | Press release | Archived content

Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Saturday Evening

(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Flags are currently lowered to half-staffstatewide in remembrance of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday. A funeral service in his honor is scheduled to be held on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square in Rome, Italy.

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