Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2017 — Historical Half-Staff Archive
Historical archive — 2017. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice.
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2017
President Donald J. Trump issued Proclamation 9617 of May 24, 2017. The Federal Register published this document on 2017-05-31.
Half-staff period and scope
Until noon on May 29, 2017, Memorial Day.
Annual Memorial Day observance and presidential proclamation. The official text records the call for prayer for permanent peace and the half-staff observance.
Official proclamation
Open or download the official proclamation PDF from GovInfo
Read the Federal Register source
Signature-page preview
Page 2 of the official PDF is reproduced below. It contains a reproduced presidential signature, not an original wet-signed scan. Select the image to open the complete official PDF.
May 24th 2017
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