Former President Jimmy Carter’s Casket Arrives At US Capitol, Where He Will Lie In State
Jan 07, 2025
Credit: MGNWASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s state funeral has moved to Washington after observances in his native Georgia.
The 39th president’s remains left the Carter Presidential Center on Tuesday morning and flew to the Washington area aboard Special Air Mission 39.
The Carter family and former president arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, with a motorcade following to the U.S. Navy Memorial.
Carter’s flag-draped casket was transferred to a horse-drawn caisson for his final journey to the Capitol.
Carter is the only U.S. Naval Academy graduate to become president.
Members of Congress will honor Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday afternoon.
The ceremonies carry some irony for the one-term president who campaigned as an outsider in 1976 and never mastered the city.