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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s official state funeral will be held on January 9 in Washington D.C., the same day as a national day of mourning announced by President Joe Biden on Sunday, December 29.
Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy for the former President, and on Monday, December 30, he ordered federal offices closed on January 9 “as a mark of respect” for Carter, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 100.
The Supreme Court followed suit on Monday noon, announcing it would also be closed on January 9 in recognition of the day of mourning.
Services honoring Carter will begin on January 4 and include a brief pause at his boyhood home and the family farm in Plains, Georgia, where he grew up, and a stop at the Georgia State Capitol for a moment of silence.
Carter will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta until January 7 for mourners to pay their respects, before departing for Washington, D.C., where his remains will be carried to the US Navy Memorial and then to the US Capitol in a funeral procession.
Upon arrival at the Capitol, members of Congress will pay their respects to the late President during an afternoon service on January 7. He will lie in state until January 9. The state funeral will be held at the National Cathedral at 10 a.m. that day.
In a letter on Monday, Congressional leaders from both parties notified Carter’s son James Carter III and the Carter Center of their intent for the late President to lie in state at the Capitol from January 7-9.
“In recognition of President Carter’s long and distinguished service to the nation, it is our intention to ask the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to permit his remains lie in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement.
“With your approval, we will move forward with these arrangements so that the American people have the opportunity to pay their respects to President Carter before he is laid to rest,” they added.
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