re: #344 BeachDem

So is Henry confused or am I? Where is this proclamation from the yam?

South Carolina observing Half Staff
Sunday, August 26, 2018

As a mark of respect for the memory of Senator
John McCain, the President has issued a
proclamation ordering that the flag of the United
States be flown at half-staff until sunset, on
the day of interment. Accordingly, the Governor
directs that flags atop the State
Capitol Building be flown at half-staff
immediately and until sunset on the day of
interment.

I bet I can guess what happened.

My own state governor usually issues proclamations that say “the President has ordered the flag to half-staff” and releases them.

I’m guessing the So. Car. governor’s office prepared such a statement in advance, and simply released it with the assumption the President would release such a proclamation; or they used a boilerplate proclamation and just inserted the relevant information.