By Heather Leigh Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — American flags fly at half-staff as a national nod to our 39th president, Jimmy Carter. He died at the age of 100 on Dec.
Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed a proclamation directing the state flag to be flown at half-staff to honor two Mississippians killed in New Orleans.
Richard Nixon ordered flags raised back to full-staff on Feb. 13, 1973, during the 30-day mourning for former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of ...