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On the recordApril 4, 1968
I direct that until interment the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds and naval vessels of the Federal Government.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3839—Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Jul 2, 1968

Thirty-four years ago, I came here as the sun was setting late one evening and I was married to a lovely lady in this city in St. Mark's Church, in downtown San Antonio.

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Apr 28, 1968

There is no greater tragedy than the young boy or girl who forfeits a future to the enslavement of dangerous drugs and narcotics.

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