Former President Jimmy Carter is making his final journey to his hometown of Plains, Georgia where his family will participate in a final service. He will then be buried next to his beloved wife, Rosalynn Carter. The National Funeral Service for former President Carter has ended in Washington, D.C.
President Joe Biden spoke of his friendship with Jimmy Carter that started in 1974 when Biden was the first sitting Democratic senator to endorse the late president.
President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.
After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,
Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.
Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.
The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter was held at Washington National Cathedral Thursday on what President Biden proclaimed a national day of mourning.
Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021​ but he left behind a eulogy that his son Ted will read at the service.
Bill Daley, who met Jimmy Carter in 1974, with his father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, an early Carter supporter, attended the Carter state funeral and said it “combined the pomp and circumstance that goes with a presidential funeral,
Former Vice President Walter Mondale's son, Ted Mondale, delivered a tribute to former President Carter at his funeral that was written by his father before his passing. Mondale praised what they accomplished in their administration together and reflected on the trust Carter showed him.
Throughout his life, he showed us what it means to be a practitioner of good works and a good and faithful servant of God and of the people,’ Biden said Thursday at a service attended by all living pr