President
Biden Orders Flags Be Flown at Half-Staff in Memory of Queen Elizabeth II
CHEYENNE,
Wyo. - At the direction of the President of the United States, Governor
Mark Gordon has ordered both the United States and Wyoming flags to be
flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of Queen Elizabeth II, whose
death at the age of 96 was announced by Buckingham Palace today. Flags
will remain at half staff until the day of interment. A follow-up notification
will be made when that date is announced. A presidential proclamation
follows.
A
Proclamation on the Death of Queen Elizabeth II
SEPT08, 2022
Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined an era.
In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source
of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never
known their country without her. Queen Elizabeth II led always with
grace, an unwavering commitment to duty, and the incomparable power of her
example. She was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who
deepened the bedrock Alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States.
She helped make our relationship special. The seven decades of her
history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement
and the forward march of human dignity. Her legacy will loom large in the
pages of British history, and in the story of our world.
As a mark of respect for the memory of Queen Elizabeth II, 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, on the day
of 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 eighth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred
and forty-seventh.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
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