John Glenn: Historical Half-Staff Proclamation, April 2017

Historical archive — April 2017. This is a past presidential directive, not a current half-staff notice.

Honoring the Memory of John Glenn

President Donald J. Trump issued Proclamation 9588 on April 5, 2017. It directed the United States flag to be flown at half-staff on the day of John Glenn’s interment, until sunset.

The order covered the White House, federal public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations, federal naval vessels, and the specified United States facilities abroad.

This event-specific interment directive belongs to Trump’s first term. It is separate from President Obama’s December 2016 response to Glenn’s death.

Official proclamation and historical dates

  • Issuer: President Donald J. Trump
  • Proclamation date: April 5, 2017
  • Federal Register publication: April 10, 2017
  • Half-staff period: the day of interment, until sunset

Open or download the official proclamation PDF from GovInfo

Read the Federal Register source · Read the archived White House proclamation

Signature-page preview

This is a reproduction of the printed Federal Register page bearing the presidential signature, not a scan of an original wet-signed document. Select the image to open the official PDF.

Federal Register page 17377: John Glenn proclamation with reproduced presidential signature

Apr 5th 2017 FORTISVEX

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