Sep 19, 2020

Trump, Gov. order flags at half-staff in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted Sep 19, 2020 7:16 PM
White House flag at half-staff Friday night -photo courtesy White House
White House flag at half-staff Friday night -photo courtesy White House

TOPEKA —In accordance with Executive Order 20-30, Governor Laura Kelly has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff throughout the state of Kansas on Friday, September 18, 2020 until the day of interment, in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

President Donald Trump also issued a proclamation directing that flags at the White House and all public buildings and grounds and military facilities be flown at half-staff until the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is interred.

The president has also directed that flags be flown at half-staff at all U.S. embassies and other facilities abroad. The proclamation calls Ginsburg “a trailblazer, not only in the field of law, but in the history of our country.”

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life serving our country with passion and integrity,” Governor Laura Kelly said. â€śShe was an agent for change, an advocate for the voiceless, and her legacy will live on in decisions that made America more equitable for all of us.”