Flags in Cupertino honor Boston Bomb Victims

In response to this week’s Boston Marathon bombing, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation directing all U.S. flags on all public buildings throughout the country to be flown at half-staff through Saturday, April 20.

In Cupertino, the flag is flying at half-staff at numerous public and private buildings, including schools, libraries and some retail centers. Among them is the fire station at 20215 Stevens Creek Blvd. 

Here is the text of the president’s proclamation:

US Flags to Half Staff Honoring Victims of the Tragedy in Boston, MA

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 April 15, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts, 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, April 20, 2013. 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 sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA