Patriot Day, 2017 — Historical Half-Staff Archive
Historical archive — 2017. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice.
Patriot Day, 2017
President Donald J. Trump issued Proclamation 9636 of September 8, 2017. The Federal Register published this document on 2017-09-14.
Half-staff period and scope
September 11, 2017, Patriot Day.
Annual observance established by Public Law 107-89. The proclamation calls upon federal departments, agencies and instrumentalities to display the flag at half-staff and invites governors, organizations and individuals to participate.
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.
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