The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse via AP
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will lie in state in Washington for a second day ahead of his funeral on Thursday.
Carter’s remains arrived in Washington on Tuesday as part of state funeral rites and people will pay their respects again Wednesday.
The Georgia Democrat and 39th president died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter served as president from 1977-81. Carter will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he will be transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.
President Joe Biden, a longtime Carter ally, will deliver a eulogy. Carter will be buried in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
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Here is a gallery of photos as Americans pay their respects to Carter.
A joint forces body bearer team moves the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29, at the age of 100. | Susan Walsh, Associated Press
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, where Carter will lie in state. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press
Members of the U.S. Navy line up to march with the casket of former President Jimmy Carter before it arrives at the U.S. Navy Memorial to travel to the Capitol in Washington to lie in state, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press
A horse and a member of the military that will transport the caisson carrying former President Jimmy Carter's casket waits at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington to lie in state, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, where Carter will lie in state. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press
The casket containing the remains of former President Jimmy Carter moves toward the U.S. Capitol on a horse-drawn caisson in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. | Susan Walsh, Associated Press
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, where Carter will lie in state. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press
With the U.S. Capitol in the background, the flag-draped casket of President Jimmy Carter moves toward the U.S. Capitol on a horse-drawn caisson at Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29, at the age of 100. | Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press
A joint services body bearer team moves the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after it arrived on a horse-drawn caisson at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. | Shawn Thew, European Pressphoto Agency via AP)
A joint services military body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter up the steps into the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters via Associated Press
The Carter family pay their respects during a ceremony as the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state, at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Kent Nishimura, The New York Times via AP
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. | Andrew Harnik, Associated Press
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
The Carter family pay their respects during a ceremony as the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state, at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | Kent Nishimura, The New York Times via AP
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. | Andrew Harnik, Associated Press
Mourners look at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. | John McDonnell, Associated Press
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. | Andrew Harnik, Associated Press
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