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Flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Paris attack victims

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The proclamation is in conjunction with President Barack Obama’s proclamation on Sunday that flags be flown at half-staff at the White House as well as all public buildings and grounds and military installations.

James Jones of Woodbridge, Va., brings his two sons Riley, 7, and Grayson, 5, to a memorial outside the gates of the French Embassy in Washington, Sunday, November 15, 2015.

Governor Steve Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings to be lowered to half-staff starting Monday, November 16, through sunset on Thursday, November 19, in honor of the victims of last week’s attack in Paris, France.

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A series of attacks targeting young concertgoers, soccer fans and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed at least 120 people in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II.

President Obama orders American flags lowered to half-staff to honor Paris victims