For former President Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 100, there will be two public observances—one in Atlanta and another in Washington, D.C., followed by a private interment, The Carter Center said in a statement.
Why It Matters
Carter was the longest living president in U.S. history.
What to Know
President Joe Biden said in a Sunday statement that he “will be ordering an official state funeral to be held in Washington D.C.”
Details of the state funeral, which is a formal ceremony with traditions of lying in state, processions, religious services, military honors, and national mourning, will be released by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region.
State funerals are typically a week to 10 days of events, with three stages, as outlined by the task force: “Stage I includes ceremonies within the state in which the president, former president, or president-elect was in residence. Stage II includes ceremonies within Washington, DC, and Stage III includes ceremonies in the state in which the authorized individual has chosen to be interred.”…