For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 2, 2004
Returning the Flag of the United States to Full-Staff
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in
honor and tribute to the memory of Ronald Reagan, it is hereby ordered
that the flag of the United States shall be displayed at full-staff at
the White House and on all buildings, grounds, and Naval vessels of the
United States beginning July 3, 2004. I also direct that beginning on
that same date, the representatives of the United States in foreign
countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag
at full-staff over their Embassies, Legations, and other facilities
abroad, including all military facilities and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of
July, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-eighth.
GEORGE BUSH
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