DeSantis' order follows Alabama and Texas where the governors of those states also called for flags to fly full-staff on Inauguration Day.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants NASA to relocate its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida's Brevard County.
"Our nation's flag will be prominently displayed at full-staff to honor the tradition of our founding fathers," he said in a memo.
Flags have been lowered to half-staff at many federal and public buildings across the country in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday ordered U.S. and state flags across Florida to be flown at full-staff on inauguration day Monday, becoming the latest Republican-led state to do so.
President Joe Biden ordered flags across the country be flown at half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, who died last month at 100. The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff for 30 days of mourning following the death of U.S. presidents.
President Jimmy Carter’s mourning period will be on hold Monday, as Donald Trump gets sworn in for a second term. And to celebrate that “patriotic occasion,” Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering flags in the state to be lifted back up to full-staff on Inauguration Day.