Celebrate the spirit of freedom with a Patriot Day observance. The day is not a federal holiday, so businesses and schools do not close. Public transportation services also run on regular schedules. However, some people do hold prayers for 9/11 victims on the day. While such prayers are private, they do not disrupt the normal […]
Category: Half Staff Notifications
Statement from President Biden on the Passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana
AUGUST 03, 2022•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Jill and I are shocked and saddened by the death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski of Indiana along with two members of her staff in a car accident today in Indiana. Born in her beloved South Bend as the daughter of a meat-cutter and firefighter, she spent a lifetime serving the […]
A Proclamation Honoring The Victims Of The Tragedy In Uvalde, Texas
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 24, 2022, by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, 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 […]
