Trump Orders US Flags to Be Flown at Half-Staff, Honoring Virginia Victims

Trump Orders US Flags to Be Flown at Half-Staff, Honoring Virginia Victims
Names of victims of a mass shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach are displayed during a vigil at Bridge Church, on June 1, 2019, in Virginia Beach, Va. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
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President Donald Trump has ordered that all U.S. flags on federal and public property be flown at half-staff, honoring the victims of the shooting at Virginia Beach.

The proclamation, made on June 1, declared that all flags must be flown at half-staff until the end of the day on June 4. Embassies and other American facilities abroad must do the same, according to a press release from the White House.

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