Reuters | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra
Dec 31, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Jimmy Carter’s state funeral will happen on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral, following a six-day procession from his hometown in Georgia.
A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the previous U.S. president who died on Sunday on the age of 100, will probably be held on the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, in accordance with the U.S. Army. U.S. President Joe Biden, who final yr stated that Carter had requested him to ship the eulogy at his funeral, has directed that Jan. 9 be a nationwide day of mourning for Carter all through the U.S. The official six-day state funeral for Carter begins on Saturday as his stays journey by motorcade by means of his hometown of Plains, Georgia, the Army stated in a press release.
The motorcade carrying Carter will cease on the farm the place he grew up. There, the National Park Service will ring the historic farm bell 39 occasions – Carter was the thirty ninth U.S. President.
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Carter to lie in repose at Presidential Center and US Capitol
Carter’s stays will then be carried to Atlanta, the place he’ll lie in repose on the Carter Presidential Center till the morning of Jan. 7. His physique will then be flown to Washington, D.C., the place he’ll lie in state within the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol till his nationwide funeral ceremony.
The household will maintain a non-public funeral and interment in Georgia afterward Jan. 9, after the ceremony on the Washington National Cathedral.
Carter will probably be buried in a plot subsequent to his spouse, Rosalynn Carter, on the grounds of their longtime dwelling in Plains.
Carter, a Democrat, turned president in January 1977 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford within the 1976 election. His one-term presidency was marked by the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt, bringing some stability to the Middle East.
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Carter spent his lengthy post-presidential profession dedicated to humanitarian work, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. World leaders and former U.S. presidents have paid tribute to a person they praised as compassionate, humble and dedicated to peace within the Middle East.
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