The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, which President Biden has proclaimed a national day of mourning.
The state funeral for the 39th US president will bring together politicians from both sides of the aisle as well as all five of the living US presidents.
As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican.
Former President Barack Obama expressed his condolences Sunday on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.
A state funeral for the 39th president brought together all five living presidents and will include a eulogy from President Biden. Eulogies written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be delivered by their sons.
A significant gathering of leaders and family members honoring former president Jimmy Carter’s legacy are expected at his state funeral service on Thursday.
The nation’s living presidents all chimed in to offer condolences to Jimmy Carter’s family on Sunday after the 39 commander-in-chief died Sunday at the age of 100.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.
President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy for Jimmy Carter in Washington during the state funeral for the 39th US president on Thursday. Biden’s living predecessors — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump — are expected to join around 3,
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.
At first, Jimmy Carter was a political wizard. But he couldn’t keep the magic act going.