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Georgetown City Fire Department Georgetown, South Carolina |
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Half Staff Flags |
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Flags at all fire stations were flown at half staff in the Honor and Memory of the following people.
December 7, 2009 - Annual observance of Pearl Harbor Day - In Memory and Honor of those who serve and those who died for their country.
November 11, 2009 - In Memory and Honor - 2009 Veteran’s Day
November 7 - 10, 2009 - In Memory of the victims of the shooting at Fort Hood Texas.
September 30, 2009 - In Memory of the Carolina Lifecare Crew, pilot Patrick Walters, Flight Nurse Diana Conner, and Flight Medic Randolph Claxton Dove.
August 26 - 30, 2009 - In Memory of United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy
November 11, 2008 - In Memory and Honor - 2008 Veteran’s Day
October 20 - 21, 2008 - Day of mourning and funeral services of Retired Fire Chief Odell B. Avant, a 30 year veteran of the Georgetown City Fire Department (click here)
October 5, 2008 - National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Day
February 6, 2008 - Funeral Services for South Carolina State Trooper Lance Corporal James D. Haynes who died in the line of duty.
November 20, 2007 - Funeral Services of former South Carolina Governor Robert McNair.
November 11, 2007 - In Memory and Honor - 2007 Veteran’s Day
October 30, 2007 - Funeral services of South Carolina National Guard Sgt. Edward O. Philpot of Latta who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan.
June 19, 2007 - In honor and memory of nine City of Charleston firefighters who died in a catastrophic fire at the Sofa Super Store on the Savannah Highway. Flags at both stations will fly at Half Staff until sunset on the day of the last funeral.
June 2, 2007 - Funeral services of Marine Lance Corporal David P. Lindsay of Spartanburg.
May 2, 2007 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Memorial day, a day to honor all law enforcement officers who died in 2006.
April 24, 2007 - Funeral services for former South Carolina Chief Justice Bruce Littlejohn
April 17, 2007 - In honor and memory of the victims of the shooting on the Virginia Tech Campus on April 16, 2007. Flags will remain at half staff through Sunset Sunday April 22, 2007.
March 3, 2007 - Funeral services for Spartanburg Deputy Sheriff Kevin Carper who was killed in the line of duty.
December 27, 2006 - Flags will remain at half staff for 30 days in honor and remembrance of President Gerald Ford who passed away December 26, 2006.
December 20, 2006 - Funeral services for Marine Cpl. Matthew Dillon of Aiken, SC, who was killed in Iraq
December 11, 2006 - Funeral services for Aiken County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Jason L. Sheppard.
November 11, 2006 - In Memory and Honor - 2006 Veteran’s Day
October 12, 2006 - Funeral services for US Army PFC Satieon V. Greenlee of Pendleton, SC who died from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Iraq.
February 7, 2006 - Funeral services for Corretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Why are the Flags at Fire Stations at Half Staff? |
