Death of Arlen Specter

Proclamation 8890 of October 15, 2012

Death of Arlen Specter

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of Arlen Specter, I
hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and 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
fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.