96-13080. Death of Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda
[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 25767]
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[FR Doc No: 96-13080]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 /
Presidential Documents
[[Page 25767]]
Proclamation 6898 of May 17, 1996
Death of Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As a mark of respect for the memory of Admiral Jeremy
M. Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations, I hereby order,
by the authority vested in me as President of the
United States of America by section 175 of title 36 of
the United States Code, 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 sunset on the day of interment. 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
seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-six, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twentieth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 96-13080
Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
Document Information
- Published:
- 05/22/1996
- Department:
- Executive Office of the President
- Entry Type:
- Presidential Document
- Document Type:
- Proclamation
- Document Number:
- 96-13080
- Pages:
- 25767-25767 (1 pages)
- EOCitation:
- of 1996-05-17
- PDF File:
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