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WASHINGTON – The funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will likely be held on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral on Thursday, Jan. 9.
Carter arrived in D.C. simply after 2 p.m. Tuesday after mendacity in repose on the Carter Heart in Atlanta since Saturday. His stays had been transported on Particular Air Mission 39 earlier than arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland and he was taken by motorcade to the U.S. Navy Memorial and his hearse earlier than being positioned in a horse-drawn caisson for a procession to the U.S. Capitol.
He’s now mendacity in state on the Capitol Rotunda the place he’ll stay till 7 a.m. Thursday.
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Carter handed away at his Georgia house on Sunday, Dec. 29. He died on the age of 100 after spending nearly two years in at-home hospice care. He was the longest-lived president in U.S. historical past.
State funeral plans for Thursday, Jan. 9
7 a.m.
Mendacity in state and public visitation finish.
9 a.m.
President Carter’s stays are faraway from the Capitol with a ceremony.
9:30 a.m.
President Carter’s stays arrive on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral, the place a quick arrival ceremony is held.
10 a.m.
The Nationwide Funeral Service for President Carter takes place.
11:15 a.m.
Upon conclusion of the funeral service, President Carter and his household will journey by motorcade to Joint Base Andrews.
11:45 a.m.
The president’s stays and household will board Particular Air Mission 39 for the ultimate journey house to Georgia.
2 p.m.
Particular Air Mission 39 arrives at Lawson Military Airfield on Fort Moore, Georgia, the place President Carter’s stays will likely be transferred to the hearse for a motorcade to Plains, Georgia.
3:30 p.m.
The motorcade carrying President Carter’s stays and his household arrive at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
3:45 p.m.
A personal funeral service takes place at Maranatha Baptist Church.
4:45 p.m.
After the funeral service, the late president and his household journey by motorcade to the Carter residence. The general public is invited to line the motorcade route by way of his beloved hometown of Plains. The U.S. Navy will conduct a “Lacking Man” formation flyover in honor of former President Carter’s naval service and time as commander in chief shortly after the motorcade’s arrival on the residence.
5:20 p.m.
A personal interment ceremony takes place, concluding the schedule of occasions.
RAW VIDEO: Carter stays arrive at US Navy Memorial
The late President Jimmy Carter’s stays arrived in Washington, D.C. Tuesday afternoon.
What’s a state funeral?
In keeping with the White Home Historic Affiliation, official state funerals for presidents historically final 5 days in size and are meticulously choreographed.
The providers are historically coordinated by the Military’s Army District of Washington and planning usually begins early in every presidential time period, the affiliation says.
The president, former presidents and a president-elect are all entitled to a state funeral, however the household decides if they really get one or simply how concerned will probably be.
The rules for state funerals date again to the mid-1800s and have been formed over time. Seating preparations, for instance, are detailed with precision, with the presidential get together adopted by chiefs of state, organized alphabetically by the English spelling of their nations.
The final official state funeral was for George H.W. Bush, the forty first president of america. Bush was laid to relaxation in December 2018. He was the fourth former president to have a state funeral on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral.
After three days of funeral occasions in Washington, Bush was headed house to Texas for his burial. Equally, Carter will likely be despatched again to his hometown of Plains, Georgia for burial following his providers in D.C.
