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After it is flown over the Capitol, each flag is issued a keepsake certificate of authenticity by the Architect of the Capitol. As of 2012, the Architect of the Capitol fulfills on average more than 100,000 flag requests from members of Congress annually, with the number of requests and the popularity of the Capitol Flag Program growing ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Jan. 20 for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, dismissing a White House order.
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.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that flags will fly at full-staff at the Capitol on the day of President-elect Trump’s inauguration and then will be lowered back to half-staff to honor ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the flags at the U.S. Capitol will be raised to their full height on Jan. 20 in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, a move that also may ...
The flag was manufactured by the Valley Forge Flag Company and had been flown briefly over the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 1985. Tolbert intended that this Capitol flag eventually be flown aboard a space shuttle and returned to the scout troop, to serve as a source of inspiration.
The U.S. Code, written by Congress, says that the American flag "shall be flown" at half-staff for 30 days upon the death of a president or former president. Trump has publicly fumed about the ...
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 ...