Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.
President-elect Donald Trump is also expected to be in the Capitol on Wednesday to pay his respects to Carter and meet with the Senate Republicans.
Before Walter Mondale died in 2021, he wrote a eulogy for Jimmy Carter, who outlived the former vice president from Minnesota.
The president revealed in a recent interview that Carter made the request years ago, while the 39th president was planning his funeral
President Joe Biden declared Jan. 9 as National Day of Mourning to honor the nations 39th president and humanitarian President Jimmy Carter.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pay their respects to a president. They were not going to miss it, even if meant waking up in the middle of the night.
A master fly-fisherman, author and conservationist, he guided the famous, including a former president, and the not-so-famous in the hunt for rainbow trout.
His impulses were right, but he took them too far. Donald Trump was a beneficiary.
Mourners continued to pay their respects to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.
The remains of President Jimmy Carter arrived in Washington on Tuesday. His funeral is set for Thursday, also declared a National Day of Mourning.
At first, Jimmy Carter was a political wizard. But he couldn’t keep the magic act going.