Beltrami County Veterans Services Officer - Flags at Half Staff this Week

From our Beltrami County Veterans Services Officer, here is a news
item of importance to us all. Flags are to be flown at half staff
through and including Wednesay, July 25, until sunset as a mark of
respect for the vicitms of the horrible tragedy in Aurora, CO.


July 20, 2012

Presidential Proclamation -- Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in
Aurora, Colorado

HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN AURORA, COLORADO

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence
perpetrated on July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado, 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, July 25, 2012. 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 twentieth day of
July, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA