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Why are the flags at half mass today

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The President has been requested to designate May 15 of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day, that's why. ChaCha again soon!

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Source: The White House - Press Office - Presidential Proclamation - Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week | www.whitehouse.gov

Description: The President has been requested to designate May 15 of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of all Federal, State, and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty, and to designate that week as Police Week in recognition of their s

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