[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 1 (Monday, January 10, 2005)]
[Page 4]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7859--Honoring the Memory of the Victims of the Indian 
Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis

 January 1, 2005

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    As a mark of respect for the victims of the Indian Ocean Earthquake 
and the resulting Tsunamis, I hereby order, by the authority vested in 
me by the Constitution and 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 on 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 from Monday, January 3, 2005, until sunset, 
Friday, January 7, 2005. 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 first day of 
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
ninth.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:14 a.m., January 4, 
2005]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on January 
5.