[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9651 of October 2, 2017

Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Las Vegas, Nevada

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Our Nation is heartbroken. We mourn with all whose loved ones were
murdered and injured in last night's horrible tragedy in Las Vegas,
Nevada. As we grieve, we pray that God may provide comfort and relief to
all those suffering.
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless act of violence
perpetrated on October 1, 2017, by the authority vested in me as
President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the

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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, October 6, 2017. 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 second day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP