Governor orders flags at half-staff in honor of Senator Ted Kennedy
Flags to be lowered through sunset August 30th
(Salem) - Today Governor Ted Kulongoski ordered all flags at public institutions be flown at half-staff from as of today, August 26, 2009 through Sunday, August 30, 2009 at sunset, in memory of Senator Ted Kennedy, who passed away last night.
“Senator Ted Kennedy was one of our nation’s greatest and most honorable leaders, paving the way for equal rights, access to health care and bringing more opportunity to Americans of all walks of life,” said Governor Ted Kulongoski. “His passionate commitment to creating a safer and more just nation and world for all of us today and into the future will be missed but never forgotten. Senator Kennedy’s legacy will live on for generations and serves as a model for all of us in public and private service to emulate. In his own words ‘the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.’”
For a link to the federal proclamation also ordering flags to be flown at half-staff in Senator Kennedy’s memory, go to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Proclamation-a-Photo-Gallery/
Contact:
Anna Richter Taylor, 503-378-6169
Jillian Schoene, 503-378-5040
Rem Nivens, 503-378-6496
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