Death of Yitzhak Rabin

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Part V

The President

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Proclamation 6848--Death of Yitzhak Rabin

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 6848 of November 4, 1995

Death of Yitzhak Rabin

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Today a senseless act of violence has robbed the
United States of a close friend and robbed the world of
a statesman and courageous champion of peace.

Yitzhak Rabin was a brave man who defended his country
for half a century and whose vision and tenacity
brought the world closer to peace.

He was a man of hope, a man of wisdom, a man who
sought to improve the lives of all those he touched.

The peace process that he began will be his legacy.
The people of the United States and the peace-loving
people of the world are determined that the peace
process will go forward.

As a mark of respect for the memory of Yitzhak Rabin
and America's support for peace in the Middle East, I
hereby order that the flag of the United States shall
be flown at half-staff 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 his
interment. 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
fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twentieth.