[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.