An email from Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he is exercising his right as Governor to lower United States and Virginia Flags.

The Governor has ordered all U.S. and VA. Flags to half staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow April 16.

The order is to commemorate and honor those who lost their lives in the Virginia Tech tragedy 15 years ago.

The flags are to be at half staff at all government buildings and grounds in the state.

32 people lost their lives at Virginia Tech in what was at the time the deadliest shooting in history on Apr. 16, 2007.

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