The White House ordered public flags to be displayed at half-staff for a period of 30 days from Carter's day of death, who died Dec. 29. Flags are flown at half-mast on ships and at naval stations. On shore, flags are flown at half-staff, meaning the flagpole is attached to a building or stuck in the ground.

With the death of President Jimmy Carter at age 100, President Joe Biden has ordered flags to fly at half-mast.

The White House ordered that flags at all federal buildings and grounds and at U.S. embassies around the world be flown at half-mast through Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter

President Joe Biden issued an executive order closing all executive departments and agencies of the federal government on Thursday, Jan. 9.

Over six decades, we had the honor of calling Jimmy Carter a dear friend. But, what’s extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well,