[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.