Governor Lamont Directs Flags To Return to Full-Staff Saturday Evening

From: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont

August 1, 2025

HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont on August 1 announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Saturday, August 2, 2025.

Flags are currently lowered to half-staff statewide in remembrance of Plainville Firefighter Raymond “Ray” Alan Moreau, who died in the line of duty earlier this week while operating at a fire at a residence in Plainville. A funeral service in his honor is scheduled be held Saturday morning on the campus of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

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