Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Orlando, Florida

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)

Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)

Presidential Documents

Pages 39537-39539

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2016-14458

Page 39537

Vol. 81

Thursday,

No. 116

June 16, 2016

Part VII

The President

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Proclamation 9461--Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Orlando, Florida

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Proclamation 9461 of June 12, 2016

Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Orlando, Florida

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the victims of the act of hatred and terror perpetrated on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, 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, June 16, 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 twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.

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FR Doc. 2016-14458

Filed 6-15-16; 11:15 am

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