It was September 1976 and a young kid from Crosby had just received the biggest assignment of his four-month-old professional reporting career in Bismarck -- cover Jimmy Carter's visit.

The order comes as the nation mourns the loss of former President Jimmy Carter, which prompted flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days after his death.

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a political force and assembling a fearsome, if fleeting, biracial general election coalition.

At least 28 governors have now ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.

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

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

Gov. Kelly Armstrong directed the U.S. and North Dakota flags to be flown at full staff on Monday, Jan. 20, at the North Dakota Capitol and all state buildings in celebration of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

BISMARCK, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Gov. Kelly Armstrong directed U.S. and North Dakota flags to be flown at full staff on Jan. 20 at the North Dakota Capitol and all state buildings in celebration of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

According to the National Park Service, “President Jimmy Carter’s 1978 proclamation ... and Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Tim Palmer, the country’s preeminent river ...

“First and foremost a faithful servant of his creator, and his fellow man,” said Thune, a South Dakota ... Base north of Atlanta and arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland before Carter ...

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, California will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

Flags should fly at full staff in South Carolina, by order of Gov. Henry McMaster, for Monday’s presidential inauguration then return to half-staff honoring former President