FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Friday, Sept. 11, to commemorate Patriot Day and honor those lost in the terrorist attacks 25 years ago.

The presidential proclamation designates September 11 as Patriot Day, a national observance established by Congress in 2001. The half-staff order honors the 2,977 victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Beshear encourages individuals, businesses, and organizations throughout Kentucky to join in the tribute by lowering flags as well. Flag status information is available at governor.ky.gov/flag-status.

The 25th anniversary commemoration ceremony will take place at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum plaza, where family members will read aloud the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Seven moments of silence will acknowledge when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell, the times of the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93, and to honor those who lost their lives to 9/11-related illness and injury.