Half-staff Notification — In Honor of the Victims of the Shootings in El Paso and Dayton

Capital Building With American Flag at Half-staff

Honoring the Victims of the Shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio
Flags at Half-staff through August 8, 2019

On August 4, 2019, the President of the United States issued a proclamation ordering the flag of the United States to be displayed at half-staff from now until sunset on August 8, 2019.

Presidential Proclamation —
Proclamation on the El Paso and Dayton Shootings

Our Nation mourns with those whose loved ones were murdered in the tragic shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, and we share in the pain and suffering of all those who were injured in these two senseless attacks. We condemn these hateful and cowardly acts. Through our grief, America stands united with the people of El Paso and Dayton. May God be with the victims of these two horrific crimes and bring aid and comfort to their families and friends. As a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible acts of violence perpetrated on August 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas, and on August 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, August 8, 2019. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.

DONALD J. TRUMP

The proclamation can also be read here.

For information about flying your flag at half-staff, read here.

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