Jimmy CarterThat US president who He died at the age of 100 A public funeral will be held on Sunday before he is laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, next to his wife, Rosalynn.
There will be a state funeral for Carter Washington DC on Thursday the 8th of February. A day of national mourning has also been declared in the United States.
In addition to the public funeral, there will be a public service in Atlanta, Carter’s home state, following which the president will be buried in a private service on the Plains, where he died.
The longest-lived president, Carter died on Sunday, two years after entering hospital care. Most of the nation saw former president Rosalynn Carter’s funeral last year.
On Monday, the Carter family accepted an invitation from Congress for Carter to lie in state at the US Capitol.
Congress extended the invitation to the late former president’s family “because of his long and distinguished service to the nation,” the Carter Center said in a statement. sent on the 10th
The invitation was “reverently and gratefully accepted,” the statement said.
Flags flying at half-staff on federal buildings and roads across the US in tribute Carter on Monday, and will do so for the next 30 days.
It is a tradition after the death of presidents or former presidents of the US government to order American flags to fly at half-mast, on all federal buildings, sites and naval vessels, across the US and its territories around the world.
The tradition is carried out for 30 days, which means that the flags are at half-staff Donald Trump He was inaugurated in Washington DC on January 20.
Joseph Biden he gave a short public address to the tributes Carterwith praise and anecdotes.
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“It’s a sad day but it brings back an incredible amount of good memories,” Biden said.
“Today, America – and the world, in my opinion – has lost a great leader. He was a politician and a humanitarian and Jill [first lady Jill Biden] and I have lost my dearest.”
Biden said Carter once told him he was the first official figure to recommend Carter for the presidency in 1976. Biden was a Democratic US senator from Delaware at the time.
Biden said he was “in awe” that he and Carter had been “hanging out for 50 years” and recalled that Carter used to harass him emotionally.
Biden ordered an executive order ordering the shutdown of US government offices and executive departments on January 9. US stock exchanges will be closed as well.