Flag Half Staff Notice – in honor of victims of Nashville, Tennessee shooting
by Flag Half Staff Notice – in honor of victims of Nashville, Tennessee shooting
March 27, 2023
CHEYENNE, WYOMING - At the direction of the President of the United States, Governor Mark Gordon has ordered both the United States and Wyoming flags to fly at half-staff immediately in honor and remembrance of the victims of the tragedy in Nashville, Tennessee. The flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset March 31, 2023.
A Presidential Proclamation follows:
A Proclamation on Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Nashville, Tennessee
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on March 27, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee, 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, March 31, 2023. 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 twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
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Editor’s Note: According to news reports, on the morning of Monday, March 27, 2023, a 28-year-old woman entered a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee and allegedly shot and killed three children and three adult staff members. The children were reportedly all age 9, two girls and a boy. The adults killed were two women and a man. The school was for children from preschool through sixth grade, on the grounds of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. Police officers shot and killed the female assailant within about 15 minutes of when the shooting began. No information was available for a possible motive for the attack.
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