[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 27 (Monday, July 7, 2003)]
[Page 845]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7688--Death of James Strom Thurmond

 June 30, 2003

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    As a mark of respect for the memory of James Strom Thurmond, the 
longest serving member and former President pro tempore of the United 
States Senate, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as 
President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the 
United States of America, that on the day of his interment, 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 on such day. I also direct that 
the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period 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 thirtieth day 
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
seventh.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:39 a.m., July 1, 
2003]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on July 2.