President Joe Biden declared a Nationwide Day of Mourning on Jan. 9 for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday on the age of 100. The Day of Mourning coincides with Carter’s state funeral at Washington Nationwide Cathedral on that date.
Biden is predicted to ship a eulogy on the funeral.
Right here is the schedule of occasions in Washington, Atlanta and in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Ga.:
In an aerial view, the hometown of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is proven on Feb. 21, 2023 in Plains, Ga.
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Wednesday, Jan. 1
Eight-day interval of mourning begins.
Thursday, Jan. 2-Friday, Jan. 3
The Carter household gathers in Plains, Ga.
U.S. flags and patriotic ribbons dangle within the small-town downtown someday after the dying of former US President Jimmy Carter, in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Dec. 30,2024.
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Saturday, Jan. 4
The state funeral begins with the arrival of the Carter household at Phoebe Sumter Medical Middle in Americus, Ga. At 10:15 a.m. ET, present and former Secret Service particular brokers accountable for the Carter Protecting Division will carry Carter’s stays to the hearse and stroll alongside it because the motorcade departs from the hospital.
The motorcade will journey by means of Plains to his boyhood house for a quick pause in entrance of his household’s farm at 10:50 a.m. Throughout the pause, the Nationwide Park Service will render a salute to the late president and ring the historic farm bell 39 instances.
Georgia Capitol constructing in Atlanta.
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The late president formally begins his last journey to Atlanta at 10:55 a.m. Because the motorcade arrives there, it’ll cease on the Georgia State Capitol for a second of silence led by Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Mayor of Atlanta Andre Dickens, members of the Georgia Legislature and Georgia State Patrol troopers at 3 p.m.
Carter’s stays will arrive on the Carter Presidential Middle for an ceremony at 3:45 p.m. and a service at 4 p.m.
Amy Cornell and Nolan Cornell-Cook dinner depart a momento at a makeshift memorial at The Carter Presidential Middle following the dying of Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29, 2024 in Atlanta.
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Following the service, he’ll lie in repose for mourners to return and pay their respects from 7 p.m. to six a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7.Sunday, Jan. 5-Tuesday, Jan. 7
The late president will lie in repose till 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The general public is invited to pay its respects throughout this time.
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Carter departs the Carter Middle after a ceremony at 9:30 a.m.
The late president and his household then journey to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., at 10 a.m., the place they are going to board Particular Air Mission 39 to journey to Washington at 10:40 a.m.
Particular Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., at 12:45 p.m., the place Carter’s stays are transferred with ceremony to the hearse.
Carter and his household then journey by motorcade at 1:15 p.m. to the U.S. Navy Memorial, the place his stays can be transferred from the hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for a funeral procession to the U.S. Capitol at 2 p.m.
U.S. flags, backdropped by the U.S. Capitol, fly at half-staff following the dying of former President Jimmy Carter, in Washington, Dec. 30, 2024.
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Upon arrival on the Capitol, the late president is carried by navy physique bearers into the Rotunda, the place members of Congress can pay their respects throughout a service at 3 p.m.
Carter will then lie in state whereas the navy maintains a guard of honor. The general public is invited to pay its respects as he lies in state from 7 p.m. to midnight.
Wednesday, Jan. 8
The late president continues to lie in state on the Capitol. The general public is invited to pay its respects from 7 a.m. till 7 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9.
Pastor Tony Lowden speaks throughout a tribute service for former US First Girl Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, on Nov. 28, 2023.
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Thursday, Jan. 9
Carter departs the Capitol with ceremony at 9 a.m.
The motorcade will journey to Washington Nationwide Cathedral for a quick arrival ceremony at 9:30 a.m., adopted by the Nationwide Funeral Service at 10 a.m.
After the service, Carter and his household will journey by motorcade at 11:15 a.m. to Joint Base Andrews, the place they are going to board Particular Air Mission 39 at 11:45 a.m. for his last flight house to Georgia.
Particular Air Mission 39 will arrive at Lawson Military Airfield on Fort Moore, Ga., at 2 p.m., the place Carter’s stays can be transferred with ceremony to the hearse.
Carter and his household will journey by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, arriving at 3:30 p.m., adopted by a non-public funeral service at 3:45 p.m.
An exterior view of former President Jimmy Carter’s church, Marantha Baptist Church the place he led Sunday faculty, on Dec. 30, 2024 in Plains, Ga.
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After the funeral service, the late president and his household will journey by motorcade at 4:45 p.m. to the Carter residence for a non-public interment at 5:20 p.m.
The general public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter and his household journey by means of Plains to the late president’s last resting place. Previous to interment, the U.S. Navy will conduct a lacking man formation flyover in honor of Carter’s naval service and his time as commander-in-chief shortly after the motorcade’s arrival on the residence.
