[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 125, 112th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 8632 of February 28, 2011

Death of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the Last Surviving American
Veteran of World War I
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As a mark of respect for the memory of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles,
the last surviving American veteran of World War I, and in remembrance
of the generation of American veterans of World War I, I hereby order,
by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws

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of the United States of America, that, on the day of his interment, 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 such day. I further 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
fifth.
BARACK OBAMA