You should find all U.S. flags flying at half-staff today in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 on Dec. 29, 2024. Here is the flag at half-staff this morning at the Headquarters branch of the Collier County Public Library here in Naples, Fla. There is a protocol for the “official” flying of U.S. flags … and it begins with a presidential decree. President Joe Biden put the current one into effect on the date of former President Carter’s death and flags will be flown at half-staff through Jan. 28, 2025, to honor him. Remember, too, that traditionally, half-staff is for land-based flagpoles, while half-mast is aboard U.S.-chartered ships.
