By order of the President of the United States, effective immediately, the United States flag at all State and government offices will be flown at half-staff, until sunset on Saturday, November 10, 2018, in honor of the victims of the tragedy in Thousand Oaks, California. 

 

Your office is responsible for distributing this information throughout your department for compliance with this order statewide until sunset November 10, 2018.  Following is the proclamation from the President.

 

Cathy Brown, Director

Facilities Management, Design and Construction

 

Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Thousand Oaks, California

Issued on: November 8, 2018

As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated in Thousand Oaks, California, on November 7, 2018, 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, November 10, 2018.  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 eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.

DONALD J. TRUMP