Village Facility Flag Display Policy

In accordance with the United States Flag Code and the State of Illinois Flag Display Act, only the President of the United States and the Governor of the State of Illinois have the authority to direct the lowering of the United States flag and the Illinois flag.  The Illinois Flag Display Act was amended in 2007 to require that the flag be lowered to mark the death in combat of any soldier from Illinois and any line-of-duty deaths of police officers and firefighters in Illinois.

URRENT (OR MOST RECENT) FLAG STATUS:


Honoring the Victims of the Tragedies in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio

United States and Illinois flags at half-staff immediately until Sunset, Thursday, August 8, 2019.

The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from
The President of the United States of America that all persons or entities
covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to fly the flags at half-staff:


Honoring the Victims of the Tragedies in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio


Please immediately lower the United States flags and the State flags at all buildings
occupied by your agency’s personnel until:


Sunset, Thursday, August 8, 2019