Supporters and friends of the late President Carter will attend his funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
The service, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., comes as President Biden declared Thursday a national day of mourning for the 38th president, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
The event brings together the so-called President's Club, all five living men who once occupied the White House. This will be the first time that President Biden, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and President-elect Trump will be together since former President George H.W. Bush's funeral in 2018.
Mr. Biden pays his condolences.
Supporters and friends of President Carter will attend his funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. (Fox News)
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., Louisiana) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., D.) will also be joined by Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (New York), Senate Minority Leader Chuck, and others. I plan to attend with him. Schumer, D.N.Y.
The memorial service began on January 4, when a motorcade carried Carter's body through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, before heading to Atlanta and the Carter Presidential Center, where family and loved ones paid their respects.
Mr. Carter was then laid to rest at the Carter Center and then at the Capitol, where the public paid their respects from Tuesday evening until early Thursday.
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After the service in Washington, D.C., the Carter family will return to Plains for a private ceremony at Maranatha Baptist Church and another procession in Plains, where supporters lined the streets for the motorcade. With encouragement, Mr. Carter will be buried in the plot next to his late wife's. Rosalyn passed away in 2023.
Carter, a former Georgia governor, was elected president in 1976. Guided by his devout Christian faith, he was determined to restore faith in government after Watergate and Vietnam. But after four years in office, he was battered by stubborn double-digit inflation and high unemployment, and lost re-election to Ronald Reagan.
Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn share a moment aboard a campaign plane. (Getty Images)
A military team brings former President Carter's casket to rest at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta on Saturday, January 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Bryn Anderson, Pool)
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During his time in the White House, Carter established full diplomatic relations with China and led negotiations for a nuclear limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he demonstrated his love for nature as president, leading several conservation initiatives, just as he had as a young Plains farmer.
Carter spent the rest of his life in the unassuming ranch house he and his wife built in 1961, building homes with Habitat for Humanity and re-entering foreign policy when he felt the need to do so. The trend soured the relationship between Carter and Carter. The President's Club was tense at times.
Although he earned most of his living writing a total of 32 books, he did not earn seven-figure checks for speeches or take on lucrative board jobs like other presidents. Ta.
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A deacon at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Carter enjoyed fishing, running, and woodworking in his spare time.
Carter is survived by four children, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
