Governor Kim Reynolds is ordering all state flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff today in honor and remembrance of Sandra Day O’Connor.
O’Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, serving from 1981 to 2006. She died December 1st at the age of 93.
Flags will fly half-staff from sunrise to sunset today. The governor’s order is issued in conjunction with President Joe Biden’s proclamation to lower all United States flags to half-staff for the same length of time on the day of O’Connor’s burial.
