Death of Thomas S. Foley — Proclamation 9046 (2013 Archive)

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Historical archive — 2013. This records a past observance, not a current half-staff notice.

The Foley proclamation is a short, event-specific order honoring a former Speaker of the House. Its central purpose is operational: it identifies the places covered and names Tuesday, October 29, 2013, as the day of half-staff display. Unlike a recurring observance, this document does not establish an annual October date.

For other dated records, browse the FORTISVEX Presidential Half-Staff Archive.

Dates and authority

Issuer
President Barack Obama
Proclamation
Proclamation 9046 of October 28, 2013
Formal issue date
October 28, 2013
Effective interval
October 29, 2013 (one named day; no separate clock time stated)
Federal Register publication
October 31, 2013; pages 65513; document 2013-26278

Who the half-staff language addresses

The order names the White House, public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations, and Federal Government naval vessels in the District of Columbia, throughout the United States, and in its Territories and possessions. It separately directs the same display at the named United States facilities abroad. It contains no separate invitation addressed to private homes or businesses.

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Proclamation 9046 of October 28, 2013

Death of Thomas S. Foley Former Speaker of the House of Representatives

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of Thomas S. Foley, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and 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 on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff on that day 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-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.

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