The funeral ceremony for the late US President Jimmy Carter begins
The funeral procession for the late US President Jimmy Carter departed today, Saturday, from the health center where he was receiving end-of-life care in Georgia to the Carter Center in Atlanta.
Carter died last Sunday at the age of 100. He is the thirty-ninth president of the United States.
The family members of former President Carter arrived at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center to escort his body from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to the city of Atlanta, according to what was reported. Al Hurra American Channel.
It is noteworthy that Saturday is the first day of the six days in which the official funeral is expected to continue, according to the US Army.
The procession carrying his body moved through the city of Plains, which is His birthplace is located in the state of Georgia, and he will pass by the farm where he grew up.
Former Secret Service agents who protected Carter will serve as pallbearers, walking alongside the casket as it leaves the campus on its way to its hometown. Plains.
The casket procession will pass near the childhood home of First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter, who died in November 2023 at age 96, and near where the couple ran the family peanut warehouse.
The road also includes the old train depot that served as the headquarters for Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign and the gas station that was managed by Carter’s younger brother, Billy.
After His body will then be transported to Atlanta, where he will lie in state at the Carter Presidential Center until the morning of January 7th. The body will then be flown to Washington, D.C., where it will lie in an open casket in the rotunda of the US Capitol until its national funeral service is held.
The family will hold a private funeral in Georgia later on January 9, after the ceremony ends. At the Washington National Cathedral.
Carter will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn, in Plains.
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