U.S. Flags are at half staff yet again following attacks

July 9, 2016

Flags are at half-staff aross the country in a demonstration of respect for the victims of the recent attack on police officers in Dallas, Texas. The order from President Barack Obama is for flags to remain at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, July 12. The full text of the Presidential Proclamation follows: By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation As a mark of respect for the victims of the attack on police officers perpetrated on Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Dallas, Texas, 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, July 12, 2016. 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 eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first. Barack Obama The official online version of the Presidential Proclamation can be seen by clicking here.