Presidential Actions

Death of Robert Joseph Dole

SignedDecember 5, 2021
Proclamation·Joe Biden·Commemoration
Why This Matters

This proclamation orders the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff in honor of Robert Joseph Dole, recognizing his contributions as a statesman and war hero.

The flag being flown at half-staff serves as a national gesture of mourning and respect for Dole's legacy.
All federal buildings, military posts, and U.S. embassies are most affected by this order as they are required to comply with the flag protocol.
Summary

1. Flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Robert Joseph Dole. 2. This applies to all public buildings, military posts, and naval vessels in the U.S. and abroad. 3. The flag will remain at half-staff until sunset on December 9, 2021.

Who is affected?

All federal buildings, military posts, and U.S. embassies are most affected by this order as they are required to comply with the flag protocol.

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Proclamation 10320 of December 5, 2021

Death of Robert Joseph Dole

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for Robert Joseph Dole, a statesman like few in our history and a war hero among the greatest of the Greatest Generation, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the 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 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 December 9, 2021. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time 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 fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.

[FR Doc. 2021-26810

Filed 12-8-21; 8:45 am]

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