Flags in Southborough and across the nation are flying at half staff in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando. You can read more here.
By orders of the President and Governor Baker, flags will remain lowered until sunset on June 16, 2016.
You can read yesterday’s proclamation by President Obama below:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATIONAs 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
(photo from Susan Fitzgerald)
