The section of U.S. Code commonly known as the “Flag Code” is a set of guidelines for the proper display of the American flag. It’s not law, and someone who does not follow the guidelines won’t be hauled off to jail or charged with some crime. Still, it’s standard protocol, a set of time-honored norms intended to establish a system of respect.
Flags will be raised to full staff on Monday for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, according to a press release from Idaho Governor Brad Little’s office.
Several state governors have ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.
JEERS ... to Idaho Gov. Brad Little. Monday, the flag of the United States will fly at full-staff throughout Idaho — in violation of the accepted 30-day period of mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter. Why? Because Donald Trump’s ego was bruised.
Jimmy Carter was elected President in a patriotic year. It was 1976, the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Congress had chartered a national Bicentennial Commission overseeing an e
"If Israel decides to give full rights to only one ethnic group and fewer rights to others, it loses its democratic soul and with it its Jewish one." —Jeremy Ben-Ami,
According to a news release from Little’s office, the flags will be raised from sunrise to sunset on Monday and then lowered to half staff until sunset on Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has joined other Republican leaders by ordering U.S. and Idaho flags be raised to full staff on Monday, Jan. 20 to recognize the inauguration of incoming President Donald Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.
The nation is still mourning the loss of late President Jimmy Carter, who died earlier this month at the age of 100. Now, one Sitkan who has a special connection with the former president is organizing a tribute in his memory.
Carter’s admirable post-White House life, especially his Habitat for Humanity work, continually enhanced his personal reputation. But historians will nevertheless view his legacy unfavorably, especially those in the West.
BERKS COUNTY, Pa. - In his one hundred years of life, former President Jimmy Carter certainly made a lasting impact. "Forget the President part, just look at the life," said retired Kutztown ...