The Danvers Town Hall Flag Is At Half-Staff to Honor Victims of The Orlando Shooting

DANVERS – The flag at Danvers Town Hall is flying at half-staff until Thursday, June 16th to at sundown, in accordance with the Presidential proclamation issued Sunday, 12, Danvers Veteran Services announced.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families, the city of #Orlando, @OrlandoPolice & all affected by this tragedy.
— Danvers Police Dept (@DanversPolice) June 12, 2016

Below is a copy of the President Obama's proclamation:

As a mark of respect for the victims of the act of hatred and terror perpetrated on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, 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, June 16, 2016. 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  twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth. – Barack Obama

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