Flags are flying at half-staff in honor of late former president Jimmy Carter, which Trump believes will be a distraction during his inauguration.
Flags were returned to half-staff the next day and stayed there for another eight days. State flags are lowered along with federal orders. U.S. flag code says no other flag should fly higher ...
It is an American tradition to fly flags at half-staff for 30 days after a president or former president dies. The standard ...
Eisenhower in 1954, per the National Archives. That proclamation states "that the flag of the United States of America be flown at half-staff on Federal buildings, grounds, and facilities upon the ...