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The flags were ordered to remain at half-staff for 30 days or until Jan. 29. While the country’s flag code dictates flags remain lowered following a president’s death, the code is not mandatory.
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 ...
U.S. flags have been flying at half-staff at all federal properties including the Capitol since Dec. 29, ... Carter, who died last week at 100 years old, is set to lie in state at the Capitol ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flags in Oklahoma have already been raised for about a week as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt only ordered flags on state property to remain at half-staff until Jan. 9, the day of Carter’s state funeral.
President Joe Biden ordered flags be flown at half-staff to honor the late president, who died Sunday at age 100. Trump has tried to politicize the gesture, since the flags will still be lowered ...
Biden's order fell in line with U.S. flag code, which calls for flags on "all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels" to fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president.