Jimmy Carter’s physique set to be transferred at the moment to Washington, D.C., for state funeral

Former President Jimmy Carter‘s casket is being transferred Tuesday to Washington, D.C., for the subsequent section of his state funeral.

Carter has been mendacity in repose in Atlanta, as a part of six days of observances that started Saturday with a service at his boyhood residence in Plains, Georgia. 

“That is any person from a small city in south Georgia who was a peanut farmer who in the end turned the president of the US,” stated Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, on the Plains service on Saturday. “It is a fairly exceptional American story.”

Carter, the thirty ninth president, died on Dec. 29 on the age of 100 — residing longer than any president in U.S. historical past. His beloved spouse of 77 years, Rosalynn, died in November 2023.

On Tuesday, Carter’s physique might be flown from Atlanta to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the place his casket might be transferred with ceremony to a hearse. From there, a motorcade will proceed to the U.S. Navy Memorial, the place his casket will then be transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson with ceremony.

The caisson will journey to the U.S. Capitol, the place Carter’s casket might be carried up the steps into the Rotunda by army physique bearers. Members of Congress will have the ability to pay their respects throughout a service.

Starting Tuesday afternoon, Carter will lie in state within the Capitol Rotunda till Thursday, when his funeral service might be held on the Nationwide Cathedral earlier than his stays are flown again to Georgia. President Biden is might be delivering a eulogy at Thursday’s service, together with a number of others. President-elect Donald Trump stated he’ll attend. 

There might be a closing personal service in Plains, and Carter might be buried subsequent to Rosalynn Carter at his household’s peanut farm. 

Full schedule of Tuesday’s occasions (all instances Japanese): 

• 9:30 a.m.: A departure ceremony from the Carter Presidential Heart.

• 10 a.m.: The motorcade departs for Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.

• 10:40 a.m.: The late president and his household arrive at Dobbins Air Reserve Base and board Particular Air Mission 39 after an arrival ceremony.

• 11:15 a.m.: Particular Air Mission 39 departs for Washington.

• 12:45 p.m.: Particular Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and Carter’s stays are transferred with ceremony to the hearse.

• 1:15 p.m.: The motorcade departs for the U.S. Navy Memorial.

• 2 p.m.: The motorcade arrives on the U.S. Navy Memorial and Carter’s stays are transferred from a hearse to a horse drawn caisson with ceremony.

• 2:15 p.m.: The funeral procession begins marching as much as the U.S. Capitol by way of Pennsylvania Avenue, turning left onto Structure Avenue.

• 2:40 p.m.: Upon arrival on the U.S. Capitol, the late president is carried up the steps by army physique bearers and into the Rotunda.

• 3 p.m.: Congress pays their respects throughout a service within the Rotunda.

• 3:45 p.m.: Carter begins mendacity in state whereas the army maintains a guard of honor.

• 7 p.m. to midnight: Mendacity in state opens to the general public.