Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2018 — Historical Half-Staff Archive
Historical archive — 2018. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice.
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2018
President Donald J. Trump issued Proclamation 9756 of May 25, 2018. The Federal Register published this document on 2018-06-01.
Half-staff period and scope
Until noon on May 28, 2018, Memorial Day.
Annual Memorial Day observance. The proclamation requests governors and government officials to direct half-staff display until noon, and asks Americans to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.
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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