Flags To Be At Half Staff Tomorrow, August 10th

 This is an email that I received the other day from American Flagpole & Flag Co. It goes along with the widget that you will see over there on my right sidebar. Tomorrow, August 10th it will show the flag at half staff, so make sure you lower your flags.

Image by KimpDeeZ

Fly the United States Flag at Half Staff Until Sunset on August 10th in Honor of the Victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Shootings.

Presidential Proclamation - For Immediate Release

HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN 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 August 5, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, 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, August 10, 2012. 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 sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh. BARACK OBAMA