American flags in Indiana will fly at full-staff on Monday despite a national order to fly flags at half-staff for 30 days in mourning of former President Jimmy Carter.
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Indiana Governor Mike Braun has ordered flags to fly full-staff for Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day despite the half-staff order for Jimmy Carter.
INDIANAPOLIS (WLS) — American flags in Indiana will fly at full-staff Monday, January 20 despite a national order to fly flags at half-staff in mourning of former President Jimmy Carter.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun announced the order Thursday.
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The state will fly flags at full-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday in observance of President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day.
The flags will return to half-staff Tuesday until the 30-day national order in observance of Carter’s death issued by President Joe Biden ends.
Trump has previously expressed frustration that flags would be flying at half-staff in many states when he takes office.
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It was not yet known if Illinois or any other nearby states would follow Indiana’s temporary full-staff flag order for Inauguration Day.
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American flags in Indiana will fly at full-staff on Monday despite a national order to fly flags at half-staff for 30 days in mourning of former President Jimmy Carter.