Flags at half staff for Connecticut victims |
| December 15, 2012 |
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As a mark of respect for the victims of the
senseless acts of violence perpetrated on
December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, by
the authority vested in me as President of the
United States by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, I hereby order
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, December 18, 2012. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time 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 fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh. BARACK OBAMA |