A ceremonial column with a hearse set off from the hospital in the city Americus and headed towards Atlanta in the state of Georgia, where it is to be held private ceremony at the Carter Center, a humanitarian and diplomatic center founded by the former president.
On the way the procession will stop in Carter's hometown of Plains. In the evening the coffin will be displayed at the state Capitol in Atlantato enable citizens to say goodbye to the deceased.
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USA. Jimmy Carter Funeral and Memorial Services
The procession has begun six-day celebrations commemorating the presidentwho died at the age of 100. On Tuesday, Carter's body will be transported to Washington i exhibited in the Capitol.
It will take place on Thursday state funeral ceremony at the National Cathedral with the participation of, among others, President Biden and his living predecessors. Afterward, during a private funeral service in Plains, Carter will be buried in the family plot next to his wife, Rosalynn.
Jimmy Carter is dead. The president of the United States died at the age of 100
Jimmy Carter died on December 29. He was the 39th president of the United States. Carter, of the Democratic Party, he held office from January 1977 to January 1981 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.
Carter lost power four years later in a landslide defeat to a Republican candidate Ronald Reagan.
Carter lived longer after his term in office than any other U.S. president. So far, he was the only one to live to be 100 years old. Along the way, he gained a reputation as a better ex-president than president, a status he gladly accepted.
Carter left office deeply unpopular, but he worked energetically on humanitarian causes for decades. In 2002 received The Nobel Peace Prize for “tireless efforts to peacefully resolve international conflicts, promote democracy and human rights, and promote economic and social development.”
– The biggest failure we suffered was a political failure. I have never been able to convince the American people that I am a decisive and strong leader – he admitted in a 1991 documentary in which he was asked to evaluate his presidency.