Flags at HalfMast

Proclamation by the President

Our Nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones at Virginia Tech. We hold the victims in our hearts. We lift them up in our prayers, and we ask a loving God to comfort those who are suffering.

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on Monday, April 16, 2007, ... I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff...

Being a relatively new owner of a flagpole (Thanks, Scott), I now notice events like these more. In respect, I ran right out and lowered my flag.