Death of General Colin Powell

Proclamation 10292 of October 18, 2021

Death of General Colin Powell

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

General Colin Powell was a patriot of unmatched honor
and dignity. The son of immigrants, born in New York
City, raised in Harlem and the South Bronx, a graduate
of the City College of New York, he rose to the highest
ranks of the United States military and to advise four
Presidents. He believed in the promise of America
because he lived it. And he devoted much of his life to
making that promise a reality for so many others. He
embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and
diplomat. He led with his personal commitment to the
democratic values that make our country strong. He
repeatedly broke racial barriers, blazing a trail for
others to follow, and was committed throughout his life
to investing in the next generation of leadership.
Colin Powell was a good man who I was proud to call my
friend, and he will be remembered in history as one of
our great Americans.

As a mark of respect for General Powell and his life of
service to our Nation, I hereby order, by the authority
vested in me as President of the United States by the
Constitution and the 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 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 October 22, 2021. 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
eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.