    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 37 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
    [Page 1301]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 7461--Honoring the Victims of the Incidents on Tuesday,
    September 11, 2001

    September 11, 2001

     By the President of the United States

     of America

     A Proclamation

        As a mark of respect for those killed by the heinous acts of
    violence perpetrated by faceless cowards upon the people and the freedom
    of the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I hereby order, by
    the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America
    by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 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, September 16, 2001. 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 eleventh day of
    September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
    sixth.
                                                    George W. Bush

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September
    13, 2001]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
    September 14.