DALLAS - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed that American flags on state property be flown at full staff to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, bypassing the national mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter. The move has sparked both praise and criticism on social media.

"While we honor the service of a former President, we must also celebrate the service of an incoming President," Gov. Greg Abbott says

A reader is appalled that Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags flown fully raised for Donald Trump's inauguration day, neglecting honor for Jimmy Carter.

Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas continues to mourn Carter’s death but noted the federal flag code gives special importance to flying the flag on Inauguration Day.

Eight states have ordered flags raised for Inauguration Day, even though it is customary to keep them lowered for 30 days after a president's death

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

The U.S. flag code makes clear that American flags should remain at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a former president

The project will create a new home for the Guzman family, who lived on the lot for over 30 years in a house that was unrepairable as they approached retirement.

Though federal flag code dictates a 30-day mourning period after the death of a former president, not everyone is complying. Here's what we know.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson granted President-elect Trump's request to suspend a 30-day mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter in order to fly flags at full staff during the inauguration.

DALLAS ( SMU) – Two days before the 1976 Texas presidential primary, former president Jimmy Carter spoke at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium to a crowd of 2,400, his third campaign event of the day. Carter entered to the song “This Is My Country” where, according to the Dallas Morning News, “the crowd almost came out of the double balconies.”

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags to be raised to full staff next Monday at the Texas Capitol and all state government office buildings in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. President Joe Biden last month directed flags to be displayed at half-staff for 30 days at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds to honor former President Jimmy Carter,