A State Funeral for Jimmy Carter to be Held at Washington National Cathedral
A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who passed away on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on January 9. The official six-day state funeral will begin on Saturday as Carter’s remains travel by motorcade through his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
The motorcade will stop at the farm where Carter grew up, where the National Park Service will ring the historic farm bell 39 times, in honor of Carter being the 39th U.S. President. Carter’s remains will then be carried to Atlanta, where he will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center until the morning of January 7.
Afterwards, his body will be flown to Washington, D.C., where he will lie in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol until his national funeral ceremony. The family will hold a private funeral and interment in Georgia later on January 9, after the ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral. Carter will be buried in a plot next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, on the grounds of their longtime home in Plains.
Carter, a Democrat, served as president from 1977 to 1981 and was known for his humanitarian work, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. World leaders and former U.S. presidents have paid tribute to Carter, praising him as compassionate, humble, and committed to peace in the Middle East.