Death of Neil Armstrong

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)

Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)

Presidential Documents

Pages 53137-53139

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

FR Doc No: 2012-21638

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Vol. 77

Thursday,

No. 169

August 30, 2012

Part VII

The President

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Proclamation 8849--Death of Neil Armstrong

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Proclamation 8849 of August 27, 2012

Death of Neil Armstrong

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that on the day of his interment, 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 such day. 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 twenty-seventh day of August, 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.

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FR Doc. 2012-21638

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