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Flags to half-staff Thursday for John Glenn |
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April 5, 2017 |
Final funeral rites for astronaut John Glenn,
United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer,
astronaut and United States Senator from Ohio
who died December 8, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio,
will take place Thursday, April 6, at Arlington
National Cemetery, and by proclamation of
president Donald Trump, fly the United States
flag at half-staff on that day.
One of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts,
Glenn in 1962 was the first American to orbit
the Earth, circling it three times.
President Trump's proclamation:
As a mark of respect for the memory of
John Glenn, 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 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 fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord
two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred
and forty-first.
DONALD J. TRUMP |
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