Governor Perdue Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Peace Officers

            ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue today signed an Executive Order to lower flags to half staff on Thursday, May 15, 2008, in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.  Text of the Executive Order is provided below:

Executive Order

Flags on State Buildings and Grounds Ordered Lowered to Half Staff

Whereas:               Every day, in every area of the United States of America, a     very special group of men and women are called upon to           protect their communities and fellow citizens as law                                     enforcement officers; and

Whereas:               We, as a grateful people, owe a debt of gratitude to all those    in varying capacities of law enforcement who have answered       the call “To Protect and To Serve”; and

Whereas:               By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, the President             of the United States of America has been authorized and         requested to designate May 15 of each year as “Peace                                     Officers’ Memorial Day” and the week in which it falls as         “Police Week,” and to direct that the flag be flown at half            staff on Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.

                                    Now, therefore, in honor and as a mark of respect           for the officers who serve, and in memory of the      officers who have fallen, pursuant to the                            authority vested in me as Governor of the State of      Georgia, it is hereby

Ordered:                That the flags on all state buildings throughout the state of      Georgia be flown at half staff on Thursday, May 15, 2008.

This 14^th day of May, 2008.

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