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Death of Elijah E. Cummings

Record date: 2019-10-22

Proclamation 9951 of October 17, 2019 Death of Elijah E. Cummings A Proclamation As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of Representative Elijah E. Cummings, of Maryland, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 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

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Federal Register document
2019-23124
Publication date
2019-10-22
Citation
84 FR 56367
Issuing office
Executive Office of the President

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Proclamation 9951 of October 17, 2019 Death of Elijah E. Cummings A Proclamation As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding public service of Representative Elijah E. Cummings, of Maryland, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 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 through October 18, 2019. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period 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 seventeenth day of October, 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. [ FR Doc. 2019-23124 Filed 10-21-19; 8:45 am] Billing code 3295-F0-P

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