When a US president dies, flags are lowered to half mast for 30 days as a mark of respect (‘Jimmy Carter ... He has also stated that this occurrence is the “first time ever during an Inauguration of a ...
When a US president dies, flags are lowered to half-mast for 30 ... He has also stated that this occurrence is the "first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President".
Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those ... prisoners of war released from Vietnam.
13, 1973, during the 30-day mourning for former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. Flags were returned to half ...