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Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Lewiston, Maine

SignedOctober 26, 2023
Proclamation·Joe Biden·Public Mourning
Why This Matters

This proclamation orders the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of a violent tragedy in Lewiston, Maine, until sunset on October 30, 2023.

This act serves as a national gesture of mourning and solidarity with the victims and their families.
The proclamation primarily affects public buildings, military posts, and U.S. embassies both domestically and internationally.
Summary

1. Flags will be flown at half-staff until sunset on October 30, 2023. 2. This applies to all public buildings, military posts, and naval vessels in the U.S. and its territories. 3. The same flag protocol is mandated for U.S. embassies and military facilities abroad.

Who is affected?

The proclamation primarily affects public buildings, military posts, and U.S. embassies both domestically and internationally.

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Proclamation 10658 of October 26, 2023

Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Lewiston, Maine

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on October 25, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine, 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, October 30, 2023. 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-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.

[FR Doc. 2023-24104

Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]

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