[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 121, 110th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

121 STAT. 2729
 
PROCLAMATION 8126--APR. 17, 2007


Proclamation 8126 of April 17, 2007
Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones at Virginia Tech.
We hold the victims in our hearts. We lift them up in our prayers, and
we ask a loving God to comfort those who are suffering.
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence
perpetrated on Monday, April 16, 2007, 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, Sunday, April 22, 2007. 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 seventeenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.
GEORGE W. BUSH