Follow live updates and the latest news as the nation honors Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States.
Following the D.C. service and flight to Georgia, Carter’s body will be driven to his hometown of Plains for a private funeral and a procession through downtown Plains, according to organizers. Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, will then be buried next to his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023.
The pair paid tribute to former President Carter at his state funeral on Thursday, performing John Lennon's "Imagine."
Relationships rooted in politics are always complicated, but this one is a knotted web of loyalty, competition, ambition and loss.
Funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday as the U.S. pays respect to the 39th president who passed away last Sunday at 100 years old. The nation will honor Carter over six days of funeral events.
Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, memorialized his grandfather with a blend of personal touches and humor, recognition of Jimmy Carter’s intensity and ambition,
At his modest ranch home, the 39th president was surrounded by a close knit circle of support of friends and family.
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Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation's capital before a second service in his Georgia hometown.
Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.