The American and Jackson flags at the top of City Hall's flagpole have surely seen better days. The tattered American flag is partially ripped, looking as if it was raised after a long battle.
Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those periods, too. According to Biden's proclamation ...
The American flag would "for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast," said Trump. "Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.