LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo introduced in a proclamation that he would elevate all flags in Nevada to full-staff on Monday in honor of the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
Flags are presently at half-staff following the dying of former President Jimmy Carter.
Flags will likely be lowered to half-staff once more after inauguration day to proceed the interval of mourning for Carter, in keeping with the proclamation. View the total proclamation right here.
U.S. Home Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags raised on inauguration day on the nation’s Capitol, and plenty of governors adopted go well with. Earlier than the choice to boost flags in Nevada, 21 different states indicated they’d elevate flags for Trump’s inauguration.
It is not a strictly Republican-Democrat concern, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom — a Democrat — additionally ordered flags raised.
Trump’s inauguration on Monday additionally coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal vacation noticed on the third Monday of January every year.
