Eight states have ordered flags raised for Inauguration Day, even though it is customary to keep them lowered for 30 days after a president's death

Despite a former directive that U.S. flags would be flown at half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day—an official sign of grieving former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec.

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.