Cover of Neil Armstrong
Presidential Proclamation–Death of Neil Armstrong.
Date: August 29, 2012
President Obama has ordered that the United States flag be displayed at half-staff on August 31, 2012 until sunset that day, as a mark of respect for Neil Armstrong,
Flags are to be flown at half staff on August 29, 2012.
The text of the Presidential Proclamation follows:
As a mark of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that on the day of his interment, 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 on such day. 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 twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
BARACK OBAMA
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September 2, 2012 at 4:08 am
Even though Neil Armstrong doesn’t know me (at all), i still feel really sad that he’s gone…
he is truly a legend