Honoring the Victims of the Sutherland Springs, Texas, Shooting

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 51965] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2017-24463] [[Page 51963]] Vol. 82 Wednesday, No. 215 November 8, 2017 Part III The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Proclamation 9671--Honoring the Victims of the Sutherland Springs, Texas, Shooting Notice of November 6, 2017--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burundi Notice of November 6, 2017--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran Notice of November 6, 2017--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 51965]] Proclamation 9671 of November 5, 2017 Honoring the Victims of the Sutherland Springs, Texas, Shooting By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation We are deeply saddened by the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which took the lives of more than 25 innocent victims while they were attending church. As we mourn the victims of this unprovoked act of violence, we pray for healing and comfort for all the family members and loved ones who are grieving. As a mark of respect for the victims of this senseless act of violence perpetrated on November 5, 2017, 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, November 9, 2017. 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 fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty- second. (Presidential Sig.) [FR Doc. 2017-24463 Filed 11-7-17; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F8-P