UT State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for September 11, 2001 Victims
September 11, 2026
Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox ordered flags at all state facilities to be flown at half-staff on September 11, 2026, in recognition of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. This annual observance honors the 2,977 people killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The governor encourages all citizens, businesses, and organizations to participate in remembering those who lost their lives and the heroic responders.
Flag protocol
United States and Utah flags are flown at half-staff on all state facilities from sunrise until sunset on September 11, 2026, in recognition of Patriot Day and the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Source: governor.utah.gov
This state order follows a presidential proclamation: Flags at Half-Staff for Patriot Day.