Several state governors have ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.
Though federal flag code dictates a 30-day mourning period after the death of a former president, not everyone is complying. Here's what we know.
Utah joins a growing number of Republican-led states to raise American flags to full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week amid a monthlong period of mourning for the death of late Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
DALLAS - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed that American flags on state property be flown at full staff to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, bypassing the national mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter. The move has sparked both praise and criticism on social media.
Donald Trump is upset that U.S. flags will fly at half-staff at his inauguration on Jan. 20, a gesture that honors late former President Jimmy Carter. He wrote in a post on Truth Social that 'nobody wants to see this' and made the untrue claim that it will be the first time this has ever happened.
Flags over the State Capitol and all state buildings will be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day before returning to half-staff to continue to mourn Jimmy Carter's death.
The U.S. flag code makes clear that American flags should remain at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a former president
All flags in Nevada will be raised to full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Friday. Flags will be raised on Monday in honor of Trump’s inauguration, and then will be lowered again to half-staff after to continue the mourning period following former President Jimmy Carter’s death,
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