[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 32243-32244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13122]


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                Proclamation 7794 of June 6, 2004

                
Announcing the Death of Ronald Reagan

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:

                It is my sad duty to announce officially the death of 
                Ronald Reagan, the fortieth President of the United 
                States, on June 5, 2004.

                We are blessed to live in a Nation, and a world, that 
                have been shaped by the will, the leadership, and the 
                vision of Ronald Reagan.

                With an unshakable faith in the values of our country 
                and the character of our people, Ronald Reagan renewed 
                America's confidence and restored our Nation. His 
                optimism, strength, and humility epitomized the 
                American spirit. He always told us that for America the 
                best was yet to come.

                Ronald Reagan believed that God takes the side of 
                justice and that America has a special calling to 
                oppose tyranny and defend freedom. Through his courage 
                and determination, he enhanced America's security and 
                advanced the spread of peace, liberty, and democracy to 
                millions of people who had lived in darkness and 
                oppression. As America's President, Ronald Reagan 
                helped change the world.

                President Reagan has left us, but he has left us 
                stronger and better. We take comfort in the knowledge 
                that he has left us for a better place, the shining 
                city that awaits him.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by the authority vested in me 
                by the Constitution and laws of the United States, in 
                honor and tribute to the memory of Ronald Reagan, and 
                as an expression of public sorrow, do hereby direct 
                that the flag of the United States be displayed at 
                half-staff at the White House and on all buildings, 
                grounds, and Naval vessels of the United States for a 
                period of 30 days from the day of his death. I also 
                direct that for the same length of time, the 
                representatives of the United States in foreign 
                countries shall make similar arrangements for the 
                display of the flag at half-staff over their Embassies, 
                Legations, and other facilities abroad, including all 
                military facilities and stations.

                I hereby order that suitable honors be rendered by 
                units of the Armed Forces under orders of the Secretary 
                of Defense.

                I do further appoint Friday, June 11, 2004, as a 
                National Day of Mourning throughout the United States. 
                I call on the American people to assemble on that day 
                in their respective places of worship, there to pay 
                homage to the memory of President Reagan. I invite the 
                people of the world who share our grief to join us in 
                this solemn observance.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                four, and of the Independence of the United States of 
                America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 04-13122
Filed 6-7-04; 12:01 pm]
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