House Speaker Mike Johnson has ordered flags to fly full-staff at the United States Capitol for Donald Trump 's inauguration. Under U.S. law, they are supposed to be flying at half-staff after the ...
(Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags.) Matthew Ward is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He notes that the American flag is ...
The American flag would "for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast," said Trump. "Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.
The U.S. flag code makes clear that American flags should remain at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a former president Andrew Harnik/Getty; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty; David Hume ...
Not waiting until after his inauguration, on Thursday President-elect Trump gave the country a look at what he says are the official portraits of himself and Vice President JD Vance.