The President of the United States has issued a proclamation ordering that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff to honor victims of violence that occurred on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The directive applies to the White House, all public buildings and grounds, military posts and naval stations, and naval vessels throughout the country and its territories. It also extends to U.S. embassies, consular offices, and other facilities abroad.
"As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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, August 31, 2025. 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."
The proclamation was signed by President Donald J. Trump on August 27, 2025.
"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth."
DONALD J. TRUMP
