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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 ...
The Capitol Flag Program began in 1937 when a member of Congress requested a flag that had flown over the Capitol. Over the years the focus of the program gradually expanded to encompass the commemoration of national holidays and various special events, as well as to honor the work of groups such as schools and civic organizations.
The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or former presidents to cover flags at federal government buildings and their grounds, as well as at U.S. embassies and other facilities abroad, including military installations and vessels. ___
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 ...
PHOTO: A U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol building, on the day the casket of Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, arrives to lie in state ...
U.S. flags have been flying at half-staff at all federal properties including the Capitol since Dec. 29, when Carter died and President Joe Biden ordered the measure of respect for 30 days ‒ the ...