Presidential Actions

Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Uvalde, Texas

SignedMay 24, 2022
Proclamation·Joe Biden·Gun Violence
Why This Matters

This proclamation orders that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

The act serves as a national gesture of mourning and solidarity with the victims and their families.
The families of the victims and the community of Uvalde are most directly affected by this proclamation.
Summary

1. Flags will be flown at half-staff from May 24 to May 28, 2022. 2. This applies to all public buildings, military posts, and U.S. embassies worldwide. 3. The proclamation honors the victims of the Uvalde school shooting.

Who is affected?

The families of the victims and the community of Uvalde are most directly affected by this proclamation.

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Proclamation 10402 of May 24, 2022

Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Uvalde, Texas

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 24, 2022, by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order 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, May 28, 2022. 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 twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.

[FR Doc. 2022-11601

Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]

Billing code 3395-F2-P

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