WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ordering that flags be lowered at government buildings Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

In a presidential proclamation released Thursday, Obama says the anniversary is a day to honor Kennedy’s memory and “celebrate his enduring imprint on American history.” Obama says Kennedy’s vision for the U.S. and the world lives “in the generations he inspired.”

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