    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9914 of August 4, 2019

    Honoring the Victims of the Tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,
    Ohio

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    Our Nation mourns with those whose loved ones were murdered in the
    tragic shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, and we share in
    the pain and suffering of all those who were injured in these two
    senseless attacks. We condemn these hateful and cowardly acts. Through
    our grief, America stands united with the people of El Paso and Dayton.
    May God be with the victims of these two horrific crimes and bring aid
    and comfort to their families and friends. As a mark of solemn respect
    for the victims of the terrible acts of violence perpetrated on August
    3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas, and on August 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio, 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, August 8, 2019.
    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 fourth day of
    August, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the

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