Washington: President Obama has ordered that the United States flag be displayed at half-staff on August 31, 2012 until sunset that day, as a mark of respect for Neil Armstrong, American Technology website TheTechnoTribe reported on Wednesday.
US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, on August 26.
Armstrong, who turned 82 on August 5, underwent surgery earlier this month to relieve blocked coronary arteries. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon as commander of the Apollo 11 mission.
After piloting the module Eagle to the moon, he climbed down the stairs onto the dusty surface and said: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
The text of the Presidential Proclamation follows:
“As a mark of respect for the memory of Neil Armstrong, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me 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 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 twenty-seventh day of August, 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”
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