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Polis announces flags to be raised on Inauguration Day

Move marks pause in month of mourning for Jimmy Carter

Flags of the United States and the state of Colorado fly at half staff at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Jintak Han, The Denver Post)
Flags of the United States and the state of Colorado fly at half staff at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Jintak Han, The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Max Levy in Denver Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday that flags across the state will be raised to full-staff from sunrise to sunset on Jan. 20, when President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sworn in.

Flags are being flown at half-staff as part of for former President Jimmy Carter, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

Carter died Dec. 29, and flags will continue to be lowered after Inauguration Day, until Jan. 28.

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