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Daugaard Orders Flags Flown At Half-staff In Lincoln’s Honor

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is ordering flags on state property to be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated 150 years ago.

Daugaard’s order comes at the request of President Barack Obama. The president has declared Wednesday as a Day of Remembrance in Lincoln’s honor.

The flags are to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset.

Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14, 1865, in Washington, D.C.

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