In accordance with a ">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/09/09/a-proclamation-on-patriot-day-and-national-day-of-service-and-remembrance-2022/"> directive of the President, Governor Janet Mills directed that the United States and State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff today, Sunday, September 11, 2022, statewide in honor of the victims and survivors of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The flags are also lowered in honor of Queen Elizabeth following her passing earlier this week. Governor Mills issued the following statement:

“On September 11, we pause in solemn remembrance of the loved ones taken from us in a horrific attack on our nation, and we reflect on the service and sacrifice of our first responders, some of whom gave their lives on that awful day and all of whom stand up to courageously to protect us every day. During difficult moments for our nation, we have renewed our promise to stand united, both in grief and in determination to move forward. May we once again renew that promise as we honor those we lost on September 11^th.”