Special Observances:

Federal Register: January 12, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 8)

Presidential Documents

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Part III

The President

Proclamation 8622--Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Tucson,

Arizona

Presidential Documents

Title 3--

The President

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Proclamation 8622 of January 9, 2011

Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Tucson,

Arizona

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on Saturday, January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona, 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, January 14, 2011. 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 ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United

States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.

(Presidential Sig.)

FR Doc. 2011-710

Filed 1-11-11; 11:15 am

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