*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2018 *

**Proclamation 9812—Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania **

*October 27, 2018 *

*By the President of the United States of America *

*A Proclamation *

As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, 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, October 31, 2018. 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 October, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.

DONALD J. TRUMP

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2 p.m., October 30, 2018]

NOTE: This proclamation was published in the *Federal Register* on October 31.

*Categories:* Proclamations : Pittsburgh, PA, shooting, honoring victims*.*

*Subjects:* Pennsylvania : Pittsburgh :: Shooting.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201800743.