Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has ordered that the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the date of interment, in honor of Private First Class, Bernard J. Calvi of North Adams, Massachusetts, who served in the United States Army Air Forces, 17 Pursuit Squadron, 24 Pursuit Group during World War II. The remains of Private First Class Bernard J. Calvi, who passed while a Prisoner of War in Cabanatuan Prison Camp in the Philippines on July 16, 1942, will be laid to rest in the Southview Cemetery in North Adams, Massachusetts, on this day.
Please note the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag should return to full staff at sunset Tuesday December 10, 2024.
This gubernatorial order applies to:
1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls
2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings
3. All state military installations