[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 20 (Monday, May 22, 2006)]
[Pages 924-925]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8018--Death of G. V. Sonny Montgomery

 May 12, 2006

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    As a mark of respect for the memory of G. V. Sonny Montgomery, I 
hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 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

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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 twelfth day of 
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence 
of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 16, 
2006]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on May 17. 
This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate 
issue.