Flags to fly at half-staff Friday
as tribute to former First Lady Nancy Reagan
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[March 09, 2016]
LINCOLN
- United States flags are to be flown at half-staff on all
government buildings on Friday, March 11th as a tribute to former
First Lady Nancy Reagan. Below is the official proclamation
from President Barak Obama
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A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect
for the memory of Nancy Reagan, I hereby order, by the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States
of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at
half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and
grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval
vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and
throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions
until sunset, on the day of interment. I also direct that the flag
shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United
States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities
abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and
stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
fortieth.
BARACK OBAMA |
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