Presidential Proclamation: DEATH OF ARMY CORPORAL FRANK W. BUCKLES, THE LAST SURVIVING AMERICAN VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release February 28, 2011
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

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