On Dec. 29, California Gov. Gavin Newsom also announced that flags at the State Capitol and Capitol Annex Swing Space would be flown at half-staff in honor of Carter. The country’s most recent national day of mourning was in December 2018, following the death of former President George H.W. Bush.

A national day of mourning will be observed Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at 100 years old. In a proclamation after Carter’s death, President Joe Biden called him “a man of character,