CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon, pursuant to President Joe Biden’s Proclamation in honor and remembrance of the victims of the tragedy in Indianapolis, Indiana has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide until sunset April 20.
The Presidential Proclamation follows:
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of
violence perpetrated on April 15, 2021, in Indianapolis, Indiana,
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, April 20, 2021. 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 sixteenth day
of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred
and forty-fifth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR
