[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 201 (Thursday, October 21, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 58203-58204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23094]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 10292 of October 18, 2021

                
Death of General Colin Powell

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                General Colin Powell was a patriot of unmatched honor 
                and dignity. The son of immigrants, born in New York 
                City, raised in Harlem and the South Bronx, a graduate 
                of the City College of New York, he rose to the highest 
                ranks of the United States military and to advise four 
                Presidents. He believed in the promise of America 
                because he lived it. And he devoted much of his life to 
                making that promise a reality for so many others. He 
                embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and 
                diplomat. He led with his personal commitment to the 
                democratic values that make our country strong. He 
                repeatedly broke racial barriers, blazing a trail for 
                others to follow, and was committed throughout his life 
                to investing in the next generation of leadership. 
                Colin Powell was a good man who I was proud to call my 
                friend, and he will be remembered in history as one of 
                our great Americans.

                As a mark of respect for General Powell and his life of 
                service to our Nation, I hereby order, by the authority 
                vested in me as President of the United States 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 October 22, 2021. 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.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eighteenth day of October, 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-
                sixth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2021-23094
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