Flags at Half-Staff

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MEMORANDUM

Division of Facilities and Operations Maintenance

Tom Brantley, Director

Facilities Management, Leon County

John Marks, Mayor

City of Tallahassee

By and through Jesse Panuccio, Acting General Counsel

RE: Flags at Half-Staff

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Private First Class Steven P. Stevens II, of Tallahassee, Florida, died on June 22, 2012, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Private First Class Stevens was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by 4 U.S.C. § 7(m), as amended on June 29, 2007, and the laws and Constitution of the State of Florida, I, Governor Rick Scott, hereby proclaim and direct as follows:

1. All National and State flags shall be flown at half-staff at the County Courthouse of Leon County, Florida, and at the City Hall of Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday, July 13, 2012, in honor of Private First Class Steven P. Stevens II.

2. The National and State flags at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, shall also be flown at half-staff on Friday, July 13, 2012, in honor of Private First Class Steven P. Stevens II.

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