By order of the President of the United States, effective immediately, the United States flag at all State and government offices and all public buildings will be flown at half-staff until sunset on May 30, 2021, in honor and remembrance of the victims of the tragedy in San Jose, California.
Your office is responsible for distributing this information throughout your department for compliance with this order effective immediately. Following is the proclamation from the President.
Mark Hill
Director, OA-FMDC
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 26, 2021, in San Jose, California, 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 30, 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 twenty-sixth day of May, 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-fifth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.