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On Inauguration Day 2025, some flags will remain at half-staff in honor of deceased former President Jimmy Carter, while others will be raised to full-staff for incoming President Donald Trump ...
If a flag-flying day coincides with a day of half-mast flying (including that for the death of a member of the royal family), the flag is flown at full-mast unless a specific command is received from the sovereign. If more than one flag is flown on a half-mast day, they must all be flown at half-mast, or not flown at all.
American flags are back to full-staff at the U.S. Capitol in honor of Donald Trump's inauguration, breaking from the U.S. flag code's guidelines for mourning a president.. Immediately after ...
But executive order No. 5, the first non-appointment related order, declares the flags be flown at full mast for the remainder of Monday and any future inauguration days.
President-elect Trump has won at least one battle in advance of Monday’s inauguration ceremony. Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be flown at full-staff when Trump is sworn in for the second time.
Even before Trump's flag proclamation, some governors had already ordered flags to full-staff. Prominent Democrat, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, joined with the group of mostly Republican governors.
The American flag blows in the wind during rehearsals for the inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Credit - Kayla Bartkowski—Getty Images
Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29. A large flag on Trump's property in Palm Beach was initially lowered to half-staff according to protocol but has since been raised in the days after Carter was buried Thursday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.