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President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. states to lower their flags to half-staff to acknowledge Carter, who died in his Plains, Georgia home on Dec. 29 at age 100. The flags were ordered to remain ...
The flags were flown at half-staff during President Richard Nixon’s inauguration for his second term on Jan. 20, 1973, due to him having lowered them earlier for the death of former President ...
After the death of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain — with whom Trump had a fractious relationship — in 2018, the Stars and Stripes were briefly lowered to half-staff over the weekend but went back up to full height the following Monday, while flags at the U.S. Capitol and elsewhere stayed at half-staff. The flag was lowered again to ...
Flags around the country continue to be displayed at half-staff on land and half-mast over water in remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter, who died in late December.. Carter, who served in ...
The joint resolution calls for the sitting President to issue a yearly proclamation requesting that all U.S. flags be flown at half-staff. The President also calls for a moment of silence ...
Governors of U.S. states and territories are authorized by federal law to order all U.S. and state flags in their jurisdiction flown at half-staff as a mark of respect for a former or current state official who has died, or for a member of the armed forces who has died in active duty. The governor's authority to issue the order is more ...
President Joe Biden ordered flags lowered to half-staff for 30 days from the day of Carter's death on Dec. 29, as is custom when a U.S. president dies. Trump complains that US flags will be half ...
Other occasions flags are at half-staff. Flags are flown at half-staff, usually for government officials, military members or someone the president believes the country will be in mourning for.