[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 28 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Pages 943-944]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8162--Death of
Lady Bird Johnson

 July 12, 2007

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    As a mark of respect for the memory of Lady Bird Johnson, 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 her interment, the flag of 
the United States shall be flown at half-

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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 twelfth day of 
July, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
second.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 16, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
July 17.