Newly-inaugurated Governor Mike Kehoe has ordered flags to fly at full-staff across the state on Monday in honor of Inauguration Day.
Flags were ordered to fly at half-staff for 30 days after former President Jimmy Carter’s death in late December. The proclamation from President Joe Biden, based on U.S. Flag Code, ordered flags be lowered until January 28th.
Flying flags at half-staff signals the country is in mourning. Kehoe called his executive order an “act of respect and patriotism.” U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson also ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at full-staff on Monday.
