executive order #333
Relating to a Proclamation that the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of Wisconsin be Flown at Half-Staff on Memorial Day
WHEREAS, Memorial Day was created by General Order No. 11 issued by General John A. Logan, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, on May 5, 1868; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people of the State of Wisconsin remember and honor the brave men and women of the Armed Forces who, throughout our Nation's history, have laid down their lives in defense of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, Federal law requires the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon on Memorial Day (see 36 USC s. 175(m)); and
WHEREAS, Memorial Day will be observed on May 25, 1998;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by Federal and State law, DO HEREBY ORDER that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin shall be flown at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations of the State of Wisconsin beginning at sunrise on May 25, 1998 and ending at 12:00 PM CDT on that date.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this twentieth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Senator Rude, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until pursuant to Assembly Joint Resolution 135.
Adjourned.
11:59 A.M.
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Corrections In:
April 1998 Special Session
1997
Senate RESOLUTION 2
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(Wednesday, May 20, 1998)
In engrossing, the following correction was made:
1. Page 2, line 6: delete "live" and substitute "lives".
