Days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn-in as President of the United States, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered flags at public locations in the state risen to full staff on inauguration day.
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags to be raised to full staff next Monday at the Texas Capitol and all state government office buildings in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 over two weeks ago. Flags across the nation remain at half-staff in Carter's honor.
DeSantis' order follows Alabama and Texas where the governors of those states also called for flags to fly full-staff on Inauguration Day.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that the flags lowered to half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter be raised for Donald Trump's inauguration.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants NASA to relocate its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida's Brevard County.
"Our nation's flag will be prominently displayed at full-staff to honor the tradition of our founding fathers," he said in a memo.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday ordered U.S. and state flags across Florida to be flown at full-staff on inauguration day Monday, becoming the latest Republican-led state to do so.
President Joe Biden ordered flags across the country be flown at half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, who died last month at 100. The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff for 30 days of mourning following the death of U.S. presidents.
Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags to be raised temporarily, despite tradition dictating that flags should be at half-staff to mourn a former president.
Some U.S. state flags were ordered to be raised during Donald Trump's swearing-in, while others will remain at half-staff for the late Jimmy Carter.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined a trio of Democrat governors and a slew of Republican governors in ordering flags to fly at full-staff for the inauguration of President-elect Trump.