Death of Shimon Peres

Proclamation 9504 of September 28, 2016

Death of Shimon Peres

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of Shimon Peres,
former President and Prime Minister of Israel, I hereby
order, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America,
that the flag of the United States shall be flown at
half-staff at the White House and on 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 September 30, 2016. 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
twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
first.