MEMORANDUM: National and State Flags at Half-Staff

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Kay Clement

                        Division of Facilities and Operations Maintenance

                        Richard Shore, Clerk of Court

                        Manatee County Courthouse

                        Mayor Wayne Poston

                        City Hall of Bradenton

                                   

FROM:            Governor Rick Scott

                        By and through Charles Trippe, General Counsel

DATE             September 15, 2011

RE                   National and State Flags at Half-Staff

________________________________________________________________________

Specialist Patrick L. Lay, II of Bradenton, Florida died on August 11, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Specialist Lay enlisted into the United States Army on June 6, 2009.  He was assigned to C Company, 1^st Battalion, 32^nd Infantry Regiment, 10^th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.

           

In recognition of the loss of Specialist Lay, I, Rick Scott, Governor of the State of Florida, 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, proclaim and direct as follows:

1.      All State and National flags shall be flown at half-staff at the County Courthouse of Manatee, Florida, and at the City Hall of Bradenton, Florida, on September 16, 2011, in honor of Specialist Patrick L. Lay, II.

2.      The State and National flags at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, shall also be flown at half-staff on September 16, 2011, in honor of Specialist Patrick L. Lay, II.

http://www.oysterradio.com e-mail manager@oysterradio.com with comments