By order of a Presidential Proclamation, flags are to be lowered to half-staff immediately in honor and remembrance of the victims of the horrific tragedy in Uvalde, TX. Flags should be flown at half-staff until sunset, May 28, 2022.
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN UVALDE, TEXAS ——-
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 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.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.