Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of Patriot Day

From: South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden
September 11, 2024

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise until sundown on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, in honor of Patriot Day.

Patriot Day commemorates the people killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

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