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Fly 
the United States Flag at Half Staff on Tuesday March 15, 2011 Honoring 
the Death of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the 
Last Surviving American Veteran of World War 
I

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

A 
PROCLAMATION
      As a mark of respect for the memory of Army Corporal 
Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, and in 
remembrance of the generation of American veterans of World War I, I hereby 
order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
United States of America, that, on the day of his interment, 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 
such day.  I further 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 February, in the year of our Lord 
two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 
two hundred and thirty-fifth.

BARACK OBAMA

Interment with Full Military 
Honors
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | 4:00p.m.
Arlington National Cemetery 

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