Richard Nixon ordered flags raised back to full-staff on Feb. 13, 1973, during the 30-day mourning for former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of ...

Flags across the country will be lowered to half-staff until late next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100. According to U.S. flag code, flags must be ...

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honor the ...

Since the 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 periods, too. According to Biden's ...

29 at 100. It's not a timeline that Trump can do anything about — until after he takes office.Here's what to know about why flags are lowered when a president dies, who can issue that order and how ...