Administration of Barack Obama, 2016

Proclamation 9405—Death of Nancy Reagan

March 7, 2016

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of Nancy Reagan, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 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, on the day of interment. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period 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 seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., March 9, 2016]

NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on March 10.

Categories: Proclamations : Reagan, former First Lady Nancy Davis, death.

Names: Reagan, Nancy Davis.

Subjects: Deaths : Reagan, former First Lady Nancy Davis.

DCPD Number: DCPD201600129.