Jimmy Carter funeral updates: Former president’s casket driven to Atlanta for three days of public mourning
President Jimmy Carter will be honored throughout Georgia to begin his six-day funeral schedule
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Your support makes all the difference.President Jimmy Carter’s hearse arrived in Atlanta Saturday afternoon after his six-day funeral schedule began that morning.
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and peanut farm operator who became the 39th president of the United States, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, last week at 100 years old.
The procession began at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, where former and current Secret Service agents assigned to Carter’s Protective Division carried his remains to a hearse. His motorcade then passed through his hometown of Plains. After a stop at his childhood home and a four-hour journey, his procession arrived in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon.
Following a moment of silence at the State Capitol, the former president was honored at the Carter Presidential Center in a private memorial service.
Now, he will lie in repose until early Tuesday, when his body will be flown to Washington, D.C. There, he will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda.
His national funeral will be held at the National Cathedral on January 9, which President Joe Biden marked as a national day of mourning and has called on U.S. citizens to assemble “in their respective places of worship” to pay homage to the former president.
Motorcade passes through Jimmy Carter’s hometown
President Jimmy Carter’s motorcade has passed through his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Now, the motorcade will stop in from of Carter’s childhood home. There, the National Park Service will salute Carter and ring the historic farm bell 39 times.
Watch: Jimmy Carter’s remains carried to hearse at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
Just under an hour ago, Jimmy Carter’s remains were transferred to a hearse by former and current Secret Service agents assigned to his detail.
Watch the ceremony here:
Carter’s procession passes by childhood home
President Jimmy Carter’s motorcade passed by his childhood home in Plains, Georgia. There, the National Park Service saluted Carter and rang the historic farm bell 39 times.
His motorcade will now travel to Atlanta, where he is expected to arrive at 3 p.m. local time.
See it: Carter’s hearse passes through his hometown
Who are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s children?
When Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter entered the White House in 1977, they became the first couple since John F Kennedy to raise their children in the executive mansion on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Over the years, their family continued to grow in size, with nearly two dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren added to the Carter clan.
“We have a big family now. We have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 38 of us in all,” Carter told CNN in 2015.
Read on:
Who are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s children?
‘We have a big family now. We have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 38 of us in all,’ Carter told CNN in 2015
See it: Carter’s family watches on as funeral procession begins
President Jimmy Carter’s family, all dressed in black, watched on as former and current Secret Service agents assigned to his detail carried his casket into a hearse.
Carter’s procession is now en route to Atlanta.
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For all the praise that has been lavished on Jimmy Carter, he was a one-term president and his four years at the White House were for the most part a failure – albeit outweighed many times over by the charitable endeavours of his retirement.
The Carter administration did, however, notch up one diplomatic success, which might have gained more recognition without what happened next. The success came with the Camp David accords that were signed in September 1978; that is a third of the way through his term, and constituted a diplomatic breakthrough of the first order.
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Jimmy Carter brokered peace in the Middle East – then triggered his greatest failure
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Trump claims Dems are ‘giddy’ flags will be half-staff for his inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump claimed that Democrats are “giddy” about flags being flown at half-staff in a sign of mourning and respect to honor the late Jimmy Carter during his inauguration.
President Joe Biden ordered flags be flown at half-staff to honor the late president, who died Sunday at age 100. Trump has tried to politicize the gesture, since the flags will still be lowered during his second inauguration on January 20.
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Trump claims Dems are ‘giddy’ flags will be half-staff for his inauguration
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Full story: Jimmy Carter’s casket carried by his Secret Service agents as his funeral procession begins
Former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral service began Saturday morning as former and current Secret Service agents assigned to his detail carried his casket into a hearse.
Read the full story below:
Carter’s casket carried by his Secret Service agents as his funeral procession begins
Former president will lie in repose in Atlanta until Tuesday morning
President Carter will soon arrive in Atlanta
President Jimmy Carter’s procession is set to arrive in Atlanta in 30 minutes.
There, the 39th president will be honored by Governor Brian Kemp, Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, members of the Georgia Legislature and Georgia State Patrol troopers.
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