{"id":201335,"date":"2026-05-24T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201335\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:23:07","slug":"flags-will-be-lowered-to-half-staff-across-pennsylvania-on-monday-to-honor-fallen-military-members-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201335\/","title":{"rendered":"Flags will be lowered to half-staff across Pennsylvania on Monday to honor fallen military members \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Flags will fly at half-staff on Memorial Day across Pennsylvania to honor the nation\u2019s fallen heroes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Gov. Josh Shapiro issued the flag order on Friday, in accordance with the United States Flag Code. All United States and Commonwealth flags on all Commonwealth facilities, public buildings, and grounds statewide will fly at half-staff. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cOn this Memorial Day, we remember and honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending and protecting our freedoms and our nation,\u201d Gov. Shapiro said. \u201cLori and I are eternally grateful to those who have put on the uniform and given their lives for our country \u2013 and to the families and loved ones they\u2019ve left behind. On behalf of a grateful Commonwealth, may their memories be a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Flags will fly at half-staff from sunrise on Monday until noon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">All Pennsylvanians are welcome to join in the tribute. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Flags will fly at half-staff on Memorial Day across Pennsylvania to honor the nation\u2019s fallen heroes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7923,6065,89025,6203,89026,89027,57179,89028,89029,89030,8589,41756,28,30,29,88333,1822,89031,8345,44140,89032,89033],"class_list":["post-201335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-american","tag-flag","tag-flag-flying","tag-flags","tag-grieving","tag-half-mast","tag-half-staff","tag-impeachment","tag-lowered","tag-mast","tag-memorial","tag-mourning","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-remembrance","tag-staff","tag-stripes","tag-texas","tag-united","tag-us-flag","tag-usa-flag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}