Gov. Cox Lowers Flags To Honor Victims Of Capitol Attack
Apr 2, 2021, 7:22 PM
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Gov. Spencer Cox has authorized the lowering of the U.S. flag and Utah state flag in accordance with President Joe Biden’s proclamation, which lowered American flags in honor of the victims of Friday’s attack at the U.S. Capitol.
In accordance with the governor’s directive, flags on all state facilities will be flown at half-staff through sunset on Tuesday. Private citizens and businesses were encouraged to participate as well.
U.S. Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans was killed after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife.
Officials said Evans joined the department in 2003 and was a member of its first responders unit.
The suspect’s name has not been released, but he died at a hospital.
We've authorized the lowering of the U.S. flag and the flag of Utah in accordance with President Joe Biden's proclamation — a sign of respect for the victims of the attack at the U.S. Capitol on April 2.
The directive is effective from April 2 to April 6.https://t.co/7pzH4GqV0m
— Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox (@GovCox) April 3, 2021
The president’s proclamation orders U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff through sunset on Tuesday.
The full proclamation can be read below:
“As a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of the victims of the attack at the United States Capitol on Friday, April 2, 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 6, 2021. 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 second day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.”