What you need to know about Jimmy Carter’s funeral

Washington, DC will hold several days of ceremonies and services to commemorate the death of US President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100.

Former President Carter will be honored at a state funeral on January 9 before being laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, next to his wife, Rosalyn, who died last year at the age of 96.

Carter died Sunday, two years after entering hospice care.

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming service.

Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, will be honored at a state funeral in Washington, D.C., on January 9.

The former president’s family accepted an invitation Monday for Carter to lie in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, and the service will be held at the Washington National Cathedral.

Carter’s remains will be at the Capitol on the afternoon of January 7th and will remain there until the morning of January 9th. The building will be open to the public at “appointed times” for those wishing to pay their respects.

The U.S. federal government will be shut down on Jan. 9 for a national day of mourning “out of respect for James Earl Carter Jr.,” President Joe Biden said in an executive order.

A state funeral will not be the only service for the 39th president.

On Jan. 4, the motorcade will pass through Carter’s small hometown of Plains, Ga., and stop at his childhood home before heading to Atlanta for a public service at the Carter Presidential Center.

Carter’s remains will lie in state at the Presidential Library on January 5 and 6.

After services in Georgia and Washington, D.C., the former president will be laid to rest one last time in the Plains in a private ceremony.

Biden will deliver the eulogy at Carter’s funeral in Washington, D.C., after the 39th president asked him to do so in March 2023, according to Biden.

Former presidents and first ladies usually attend the funerals of former presidents, so first lady Jill Biden and others like former Democratic president Barack Obama may attend. Hillary and Bill Clinton are also expected to attend.

President-elect Donald Trump’s plans are unclear. He didn’t attend Rosalyn Carter’s funeral last year, but his wife Melania did – along with all the former first ladies.

He did, however, attend a 2018 memorial service in Washington for George W. Bush, the most recently deceased former president.