Indiana governor orders flags full-staff for Inauguration Day despite period of mourning for Carter

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Friday, January 17, 2025
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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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