Flags ordered to be flown at half-staff in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff for the next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter.
In honor of the life and service of President Carter, who died at the age of 100, DeWine has ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be lowered upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the state for 30 days. Flags will remained lowered until sunset on Jan. 28.
Nationally, flags on federal buildings and grounds in the U.S. and its territories, as well as all naval vessels, will also fly at half-staff. According to a proclamation signed by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, because Carter is a former president, flags are to remain at half-staff for 30 days from the day of Carter's death.
This is the longest period possible for the flags to fly at half-staff, reserved for the death of the sitting president or former presidents, per the proclamation.
President Joe Biden has also scheduled a state funeral in Washington for Carter on Jan. 9, according to the Associated Press. Biden also declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning across the U.S. and ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday.
