Former President Carter will lie in state at US Capitol
Jimmy Carter's state funeral moves to Washington after observances in his native Georgia. The 39th president's remains will leave the Carter Presidential Center on Tuesday morning and fly to Washington aboard Special Air Mission 39.
During a week of funerals, supporters and loved ones reflect on the former President’s legacy. “He understood that the arc of history is long,” his grandson said.
Jimmy Carter’s legacy includes working to eradicate tropical diseases in Africa, South America and Asia and to end conflicts in places like Syria, Israel and Sudan. But the late former president’s efforts also live on in the wild places of his native Georgia that he worked as governor and president to protect.
President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.
As Jimmy Carter's remains are scheduled to be transported to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, here is what to know about this week's funeral schedule.
The day of mourning will be held on the same day as Mr. Carter’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral. President Biden will deliver a eulogy at the funeral, and a eulogy written by Gerald R. Ford, who died in 2006, will be read by his son Steven Ford.
The Carters, who long put their faith into action, were in Milwaukee in June 1989 as part of a Habitat for Humanity project building homes. They, along with scores of volunteers, hammered, sawed and painted to construct six homes near North 23rd and West Walnut streets.
The Army's Old Guard caisson unit resumes operation for President Jimmy Carter's funeral. It had been suspended for mistreatment of the horses.
The funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter are underway. His body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta.
Two of Georgia's largest companies, Coca-Cola and The Home Depot, are honoring former President Jimmy Carter through big donations to causes he championed.
Officials have updated Tuesday’s state funeral schedule for former President Jimmy Carter due to winter weather impacting the nation’s capital.