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Pillen Orders Flags Back At Full-Staff For Inauguration Day

An American flag flies at half staff in front of the U.S. Capitol building.
Cameron Pollack
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NPR
An American flag flies at half staff in front of the U.S. Capitol building.

Flags at Nebraska state buildings will temporarily be risen to full-staff on Inauguration Day. Governor Jim Pillen ordered the flags at half-staff for most of January to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. He says the inauguration of a new president is a historic day worth honoring with flags at full-staff. The flags will return to half-staff next Tuesday, the day after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, to honor President Carter.