Presidential Proclamation
Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Parkland, Florida
Our Nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones in the shooting at the
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. As a mark of solemn
respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated on February
14, 2018, 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, February 19, 2018. 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 fifteenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-second.
DONALD J. TRUMP
