3/15/2011 - Flags At Half Staff Honoring Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles
President Barack Obama has ordered the flag of United States of America to be flown at half-staff at all federal buildings on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, to honor the memory of Army Corporal Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, and to recognize the generation of American veterans of World War I.
Governor Chris Christie would also like the State of New Jersey to honor and recognize Corporal Buckles and the American veterans of World War I. Accordingly, he has directed the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey to be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Tuesday, March 15, 2011.