Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Virginia Beach, Virginia — Historical Half-Staff Archive
Historical archive — 2019. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice.
Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Virginia Beach, Virginia
The official Federal Register document is Proclamation 9903 of June 1, 2019, issued by President Donald J. Trump. It was published in the Federal Register on 2019-06-07.
Half-staff period and scope
Until sunset on June 4, 2019.
Event-specific presidential directive. It covers the White House, federal public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations, federal naval vessels, and the specified United States facilities abroad.
Official proclamation
Open or download the official proclamation PDF from GovInfo
Read the Federal Register source
Signature-page preview
Page 1 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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