WHEREAS, the State of Idaho owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all heroic members of our Armed Forces who have risked their safety to defend the lives and liberty of others; and
 

        WHEREAS, the State will not forget our Nation's prisoners of war and those missing in action (POWs/MIAs) and the devoted service they have bravely rendered to our country, and neither will the State of Idaho fail to meet its obligation to their families; and
 

        WHEREAS, an expression of our State's determination to keep faith with those who have so faithfully served and defended the United States; and
 

        WHEREAS, Idaho recognizes the profound suffering of those who continue to await word of the fate of their loved ones, and the State is determined to help them gain the peace and consolation that word will bring; and
 

        WHEREAS, the POW/MIA flag symbolizes Idaho's firm and united commitment to securing the release of any American who may still be held against their will, to obtaining the fullest possible accounting for the missing, and to repatriation of all recoverable American remains.
 

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of this state do hereby order as follows:
 

        The POW/MIA flag shall fly over all state buildings 24/7, 365 days a year or until such time as all our unaccounted for and missing members of the Armed Forces are returned home to their families.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho in Boise on this 24th day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE