Flag Lowering - 5/18/18 (Honoring the victims of the tragedy
in Santa Fe, Texas)
Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation, I hereby directthat Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be
lowered to half-staff on Friday, May 18, 2018, in solemn respect for thoseaffected by the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Flags should remain
at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Friday, May 22, 2018.
Other government entities, citizens and businesses areencouraged to join this recognition.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2018
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN SANTA FE, TEXAS
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Our Nation grieves with those affected by the shooting at
Santa Fe High School in Texas. May God heal the injured and may Godcomfort the wounded, and may God be with the victims and with the victims'
families. As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible actof violence perpetrated on May 18, 2018, by the authority vested in me as
President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the UnitedStates 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 andgrounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of
the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the UnitedStates and its Territories and possessions until sunset, May 22, 2018. I
also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length oftime at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other
facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels andstations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand this
eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousandeighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and forty-second.
DONALD J. TRUMP