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On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
I call upon all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States to display the flag of the United States at half-staff on Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance in honor of the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 9165—Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance

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