The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Flags Lowered to Honor Veterans Who Died at the Soldiers' Home

U.S. flag

Gov. Charlie Baker has ordered that the U.S. flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on Sunday, April 5 at all state buildings and facilities, and hereby authorizes the same at all municipal and town properties and private institutions, as a mark of solemn respect and in honor of the U.S. armed forces military veterans and residents of the Soldiers’ Home who died this past week in Holyoke, Massachusetts.