    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 36 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
    [Pages 1353-1354]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 7923--Honoring the Memory of the Victims of Hurricane
    Katrina

    September 4, 2005

    By the President of the United States

    of America

    A Proclamation

        As a mark of respect for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, 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 until
    sunset, Tuesday, September 20, 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 fourth day of
    September, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
    thirtieth.
                                                    George W. Bush

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    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 8,
    2005]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
    September 9.