National Hero Day 2025
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This holiday is celebrated annually on October 8th. It encourages us to express gratitude for the acts of courage, kindness, and self-sacrifice demonstrated by individuals such as Charlie Kirk — who gave overwhelmingly of himself to others only to suffer death by assassination as direct result of his concern for us, conservatism, faith, and The Republic.
Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck during audience participation regarding mass shootings in the United States. He was formally pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Investigators stated the gunman was positioned on the roof of a building approximately 142 yards from where he was speaking. |
These selfish austere malefactors flaunt a distinct lack of raising and comportment at every turn. This young man should still be here with his family engaging public discourse and living his life.
His wife should not have been widowed. His young children should not have lost their daddy — particularly in the violent senseless manner of Charlie Kirk's passing.
Rest in peace.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the memory of Charlie Kirk, 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, September 14, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of September, 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
