Five firefighters from Washington state will be among the hundred-plus honored during the memorial weekend.
OLYMPIA, Wash — Flags will be lowered to half-staff this weekend across Washington state as part of a tribute to fallen firefighters.
Governor Bob Ferguson issued the directive Monday that all state agency facilities will lower flags to half-staff at the close of business Friday, and leave them until sunset on Sunday.
The directive is in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, which will commence May 3-4. In 2001, then-President George Bush signed a law that required all federal buildings nationwide to lower flags to half-staff to
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