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Historical notice: this observance has ended. This independent FORTISVEX resource preserves a past presidential proclamation; it is not a government notice. At a glance President: Barack Obama Formal proclamation date: May 13, 2011 Peace Officers Memorial Day and half-staff observance: May 15, 2011 Police Week: May 15–21, 2011 Federal Register publication: May 19, 2011 Remembering officers who did not come home Peace Officers Memorial Day gives communities a shared occasion to remember …

Historical notice: this observance has ended. This independent FORTISVEX resource preserves a past presidential directive; it is not a government notice. At a glance President: Barack Obama Formal proclamation date: February 28, 2011 Honoree: Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles and the American World War I generation Half-staff period: the day of his interment, until sunset Interment date confirmed by the Army: March 15, 2011 Federal Register publication: March 3, 2011 Remembering the last America …

Historical notice: this observance has ended. This independent FORTISVEX resource preserves a past presidential directive; it is not a government notice. At a glance President: Barack Obama Formal proclamation date: January 9, 2011 Tragedy commemorated: January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona Half-staff endpoint: sunset on January 14, 2011 Federal Register publication: January 12, 2011 A national mark of respect for Tucson's victims President Obama issued Proclamation 8622 the day after the acts …

Historical notice: this observance has ended. This independent FORTISVEX resource preserves a past presidential directive; it is not a government notice. At a glance President: Barack Obama Formal proclamation date: December 7, 2010 Remembrance and half-staff day: December 7, 2010 Federal Register publication: December 9, 2010 Remembering Pearl Harbor and the generation that served President Obama's 2010 proclamation remembered the service members and civilians caught in the December 7, 1941 …

Historical notice: this observance has ended. This independent FORTISVEX resource preserves a past presidential directive; it is not a government notice. At a glance President: Barack Obama Formal proclamation date: October 1, 2010 Fire Prevention Week: October 3–9, 2010 Half-staff day: Sunday, October 3, 2010 Flag scope: all federal office buildings Federal Register publication: October 8, 2010 Fire prevention and remembrance President Obama's 2010 proclamation brought together two res …