August 27, 2025 – In response to the tragic events that unfolded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, earlier today, President Donald J. Trump has issued a proclamation ordering the United States flag to be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect for the victims.
The directive calls for flags to remain at half-staff beginning immediately and continuing through sunset on Monday, August 31, 2025. This applies to the White House, all public buildings and grounds, military posts, naval stations, and federal vessels across the United States, its territories, and possessions.
The proclamation also extends the gesture to U.S. embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including military installations and naval vessels.
“As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota… I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff,” the proclamation reads.
The announcement comes as officials and citizens alike mourn the loss of life and express solidarity with those affected by the tragedy.
Original Press Release
Fly the United States Flags at Half-Staff Beginning Immediately Through Sunset on Monday, August 31, 2025
United States Flag to Half-Staff Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 27, 2025
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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, August 31, 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 twenty-seventh day of August, 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
