Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001

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Author: George W. Bush  | Date: October 5, 2001

Proclamation 7479—Death of Michael J. Mansfield,
October 5, 2001

By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of Michael J. Mansfield, retired Majority Leader of the United States Senate and Ambassador of the United States to Japan, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States 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 also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same lengths 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 fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:11 p.m., October 9, 2001]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October 10. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.

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Chicago: George W. Bush, "Proclamation 7479— Death of Michael J. Mansfield, October 5, 2001," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 12, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001), 37:1427 Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QKK9ZFQQFV16ZSR.

MLA: Bush, George W. "Proclamation 7479— Death of Michael J. Mansfield, October 5, 2001." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 12, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001), 37:1427, Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QKK9ZFQQFV16ZSR.

Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Proclamation 7479— Death of Michael J. Mansfield, October 5, 2001' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2001. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 12, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001), 37:1427. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QKK9ZFQQFV16ZSR.