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Carter to be honored with events in Georgia, Washington

Former President Carter died on Sunday, and public events are scheduled to take place in both Georgia and Washington, D.C., in the coming days.

He will be buried in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center said.

Details of the event are being handled by the National Capital Region Joint Task Force and are still being worked out.

President Biden said in March 2023 that Carter had asked the sitting president to pay his respects when the time was right.

“I spent time with Jimmy Carter and we finally caught up, and they found a breakthrough and found a way to keep him going much longer than expected,” Biden said at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. said.

The Carter Center invites anyone wishing to remember Carter to visit the official memorial website: www.jimmycartertribute.orgthere is a book of condolences and a book commemorating his life.

The center also said that in lieu of flowers, the Carter family requests that donations be made to The Carter Center, 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA 30307.

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