Details are now public about the nation’s plans to pay tribute to the late former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, Dec. 29, at 100 years old. President Joe Biden declared Thursday, Jan. 9, a National Day of Mourning.
New Year’s Day will begin an eight-day mourning period. The Carter family will gather in the former president’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, over the next few days.
On Saturday, Jan. 4, the state funeral will be held. It starts at 10:15 a.m. ET with a motorcade from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, and will travel through Plains, taking a brief pause at 10:50 a.m.
At that stop, the National Park Service will ring the historic bell on the Carter family farm 39 times in honor of the late president. Carter’s final journey to Atlanta will begin.
At 3 p.m., the motorcade will stop at the Georgia State Capitol for a moment of silence led by Gov. Brian Kemp. It will travel to the Carter Presidential Center for a 4 p.m. service.
Carter will lie in repose from 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 5, until Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, for the public to pay respects.
Carter will be transported to Washington, D.C., where Congress will pay tribute in a private ceremony. Carter will lie in state for the public to pay respects until Thursday, Jan. 9. The former president will be taken home to Georgia for a private family funeral service and internment. Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy at the funeral.
