In accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor, I hereby order that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in respect and memory of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Benjamin S. Hines, of Ashburn, Virginia.

I hereby order that the flags shall be lowered at sunrise on Friday, May 10, 2019, and remain at half-staff until sunset.

Ordered on this, the 9th day of May, 2019.