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Historical archive — 2020. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice. Death of John Lewis The official Federal Register document is Proclamation 10057 of July 18, 2020, issued by President Donald J. Trump. It was published in the Federal Register on 2020-07-23. Half-staff period and scope Through July 18, 2020. Event-specific presidential directive. It covers the White House, federal public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations, federal naval …

Maryland's state-birthday date is April 28, 1788, when its convention ratified the United States Constitution, seventh among the original states. That familiar date, recorded by the U.S. Senate, marks entry into the new federal constitutional system. It does not mean Maryland first acquired a state government that morning: independence and its first state constitution had come in 1776. Maryland's longer story runs from Indigenous Chesapeake communities through colonial settlement, the American R …

Issued on: May 21, 2020 Since the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War, Americans have answered the call to duty and given their lives in service to our Nation and its sacred founding ideals. As we pay tribute to the lives and legacies of these patriots on Memorial Day, we also remember that they sacrificed to create a better, more peaceful future for our Nation and the world. We recommit to realizing that vision, honoring the service of so many who have placed love of country above a …

Historical archive — 2020. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice. Honoring the Victims of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic The official Federal Register document is Proclamation 10039 of May 21, 2020, issued by President Donald J. Trump. It was published in the Federal Register on 2020-05-27. Half-staff period and scope Until sunset on May 24, 2020. Event-specific presidential directive. It covers the White House, federal public buildings and grounds, military …

Historical archive — 2020. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice. Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2020 The official Federal Register document is Proclamation 10032 of May 8, 2020, issued by President Donald J. Trump. It was published in the Federal Register on 2020-05-13. Half-staff period and scope May 15, 2020, Peace Officers Memorial Day. Annual observance with congressional authorization. The proclamation calls on governors and other jurisdi …