Death of Elijah E. Cummings — Historical Half-Staff Archive
Historical archive — 2019. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice.
Death of Elijah E. Cummings
The official Federal Register document is Proclamation 9951 of October 17, 2019, issued by President Donald J. Trump. It was published in the Federal Register on 2019-10-22.
Half-staff period and scope
Through October 18, 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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