Announcing the Death of George Herbert Walker Bush, 63039-63040 [2018-26612]
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Federal Register
Vol. 83, No. 234
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Title 3—
Proclamation 9830 of December 1, 2018
The President
Announcing the Death of George Herbert Walker Bush
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
It is my sorrowful duty to announce officially the death of George Herbert
Walker Bush, the forty-first President of the United States, on November
30, 2018.
President Bush led a great American life, one that combined and personified
two of our Nation’s greatest virtues: an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to public service. Our country will greatly miss his inspiring example.
On the day he turned 18, 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, George
H.W. Bush volunteered for combat duty in the Second World War. The
youngest aviator in United States naval history at the time, he flew 58
combat missions, including one in which, after taking enemy fire, he
parachuted from his burning plane into the Pacific Ocean. After the war,
he returned home and started a business. In his words, ‘‘the big thing’’
he learned from this endeavor was ‘‘the satisfaction of creating jobs.’’
The same unselfish spirit that motivated his business pursuits later inspired
him to resume the public service he began as a young man. First, as a
member of Congress, then as Ambassador to the United Nations, Chief
of the United States Liaison Office in China, Director of Central Intelligence,
Vice President, and finally President of the United States, George H.W.
Bush guided our Nation through the Cold War, to its peaceful and victorious
end, and into the decades of prosperity that have followed. Through sound
judgment, practical wisdom, and steady leadership, President Bush made
safer the second half of a tumultuous and dangerous century.
Even with all he accomplished in service to our Nation, President Bush
remained humble. He never believed that government—even when under
his own leadership—could be the source of our Nation’s strength or its
greatness. America, he rightly told us, is illuminated by ‘‘a thousand points
of light,’’ ‘‘ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, neighborhood,
regional and other organizations, all of them varied, voluntary and unique’’
in which Americans serve Americans to build and maintain the greatest
Nation on the face of the Earth. President Bush recognized that these communities of people are the true source of America’s strength and vitality.
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It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of one of America’s
greatest points of light, the death of President George H.W. Bush.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States
of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, in honor and tribute to the memory of President
George H.W. Bush, and as an expression of public sorrow, do hereby direct
that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff at the White
House and on 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 for a period of 30 days from the day of his death. I also
direct that, for the same length of time, the representatives of the United
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States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display
of the flag at half-staff over their embassies, legations, consular offices,
and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels
and stations.
I hereby order that suitable honors be rendered by units of the Armed
Forces under orders of the Secretary of Defense.
I do further appoint December 5, 2018, as a National Day of Mourning
throughout the United States. I call on the American people to assemble
on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage
to the memory of President George H.W. Bush. I invite the people of the
world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortythird.
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Vol. 83
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Part IV
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Proclamation 9830--Announcing the Death of George Herbert Walker Bush
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 9830 of December 1, 2018
Announcing the Death of George Herbert Walker
Bush
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
It is my sorrowful duty to announce officially the
death of George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first
President of the United States, on November 30, 2018.
President Bush led a great American life, one that
combined and personified two of our Nation's greatest
virtues: an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to
public service. Our country will greatly miss his
inspiring example.
On the day he turned 18, 6 months after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, George H.W. Bush volunteered for combat
duty in the Second World War. The youngest aviator in
United States naval history at the time, he flew 58
combat missions, including one in which, after taking
enemy fire, he parachuted from his burning plane into
the Pacific Ocean. After the war, he returned home and
started a business. In his words, ``the big thing'' he
learned from this endeavor was ``the satisfaction of
creating jobs.''
The same unselfish spirit that motivated his business
pursuits later inspired him to resume the public
service he began as a young man. First, as a member of
Congress, then as Ambassador to the United Nations,
Chief of the United States Liaison Office in China,
Director of Central Intelligence, Vice President, and
finally President of the United States, George H.W.
Bush guided our Nation through the Cold War, to its
peaceful and victorious end, and into the decades of
prosperity that have followed. Through sound judgment,
practical wisdom, and steady leadership, President Bush
made safer the second half of a tumultuous and
dangerous century.
Even with all he accomplished in service to our Nation,
President Bush remained humble. He never believed that
government--even when under his own leadership--could
be the source of our Nation's strength or its
greatness. America, he rightly told us, is illuminated
by ``a thousand points of light,'' ``ethnic, religious,
social, business, labor union, neighborhood, regional
and other organizations, all of them varied, voluntary
and unique'' in which Americans serve Americans to
build and maintain the greatest Nation on the face of
the Earth. President Bush recognized that these
communities of people are the true source of America's
strength and vitality.
It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of
one of America's greatest points of light, the death of
President George H.W. Bush.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
in honor and tribute to the memory of President George
H.W. Bush, and as an expression of public sorrow, do
hereby direct that the flag of the United States be
displayed at half-staff at the White House and on 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
for a period of 30 days from the day of his death. I
also direct that, for the same length of time, the
representatives of the United
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States in foreign countries shall make similar
arrangements for the display of the flag at half-staff
over their embassies, legations, consular offices, and
other facilities abroad, including all military
facilities and naval vessels and stations.
I hereby order that suitable honors be rendered by
units of the Armed Forces under orders of the Secretary
of Defense.
I do further appoint December 5, 2018, as a National
Day of Mourning throughout the United States. I call on
the American people to assemble on that day in their
respective places of worship, there to pay homage to
the memory of President George H.W. Bush. I invite the
people of the world who share our grief to join us in
this solemn observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of December, in the year of our Lord two
thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
third.
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[FR Doc. 2018-26612
Filed 12-4-18; 11:15 am]
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