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

 
Proclamation 9671 of November 5, 2017

Honoring the Victims of the Sutherland Springs, Texas Shooting

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

We are deeply saddened by the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas,
which took the lives of more than 25 innocent victims while they were
attending church. As we mourn the victims of this unprovoked act of
violence, we pray for healing and comfort for all the family members and
loved ones who are grieving.
As a mark of respect for the victims of this senseless act of violence
perpetrated on November 5, 2017, 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, November 9, 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 fifth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of

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the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
forty-second.
DONALD J. TRUMP