[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 77 (Friday, April 23, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 21633-21634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08655]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 10185 of April 20, 2021

                
Death of Walter Mondale

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, our Nation mourns the loss of one of our 
                Nation's most dedicated patriots and public servants. 
                Walter Frederick ``Fritz'' Mondale served the people of 
                Minnesota as their Attorney General from 1960-1964, as 
                a United States Senator from 1964-1976, as Vice 
                President of the United States from 1977-1981, and as 
                the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1993-1996.

                As Minnesota's Attorney General, he drew national 
                attention in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme 
                Court that established that indigent criminal 
                defendants have the right to legal counsel.

                As a Senator, he was instrumental in the passage of The 
                Fair Housing Act to combat racial discrimination in 
                housing, Title IX to provide more opportunities for 
                women, and numerous laws to protect our environment.

                Walter Mondale defined the modern vice presidency, 
                elevating the position into a true partnership with the 
                President. As Vice President, he helped lay the 
                groundwork for the 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and 
                Israel, the Panama Canal Treaty, and nuclear arms 
                negotiations with the Soviet Union.

                As the 1984 Democratic nominee for President, he made 
                history when he became the first Presidential nominee 
                of either party to select a woman as his running mate.

                In continuing his service as the United States 
                Ambassador to Japan, he became the voice and face of 
                America to that important ally.

                For nearly 60 years he had a remarkable partnership 
                with his wife Joan, a devoted advocate for the arts, 
                who passed away in 2014. We mourned when he lost his 
                daughter Eleanor in 2011 and today our Nation's 
                sympathies lie with his sons Ted and William and his 
                six grandchildren.

                On a wall at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, 
                there is a quote from Walter Mondale. It reads, ``We 
                told the truth. We obeyed the law. We kept the peace.'' 
                Walter Mondale did all that and more.

                As a mark of respect for Walter Mondale and his life of 
                service to our Nation, I hereby order, by the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States of America, including section 7 of title 4, 
                United States Code, that the flag of the United States 
                shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and on 
                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.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                fifth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2021-08655
Filed 4-22-21; 8:45 am]
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