Flags to Fly at Half-Staff

President Barak Obama released a presidential proclamation proclaiming that all flags of the United States should be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of Saturday’s violence in Tucson, Ariz.  State flags in Utah will also be flown at half-staff through the order of Gov. Gary R. Herbert.

President Obama ordered the flag of the United States to 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, Jan. 14, 2011.

The proclamation is included below.

Presidential Proclamation — Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Tucson, Arizona

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on Saturday, January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona, 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, January 14, 2011.  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 ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.

BARACK OBAMA