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Flags at half staff in West Bend to recognize victims of tragedy in Pennsylvania

U.S. flag flying at half staff in West Bend

Oct. 28, 2018 – Washington Co., WI – The U.S. flag is flying at half staff across Washington County and the rest of the United States following a proclimation by President Donald Trump in the wake of the tragedy at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 27, 2018

HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 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, October 31, 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

twenty-seventh day of October, 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
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