This is to order that the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia is to be flown at half-staff on all local, state, and federal buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in respect and memory of the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting, their families, and the entire Virginia Tech community.

I hereby order that the flag shall be lowered at sunrise on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, and remain at half-staff until sunset.

Ordered on this, the 15th day of April, 2019.