Flags have flown at half-staff since the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29. The official mourning period ...

"It is difficult to think of any other flag that's so heavily invested in meaning. The Stars and Stripes expresses the spirit, history and identity of an entire nation," Ward points out.

In a proclamation issued Dec. 29, Biden ordered flags across the U.S. to be flown at half-staff for 3 days "in honor and tribute to the memory of President James Earl Carter Jr. and as an expression ...

Flags have flown at half-staff for nearly 30 days following former president Jimmy Carter's death. Here is when flags return ...