Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, memorialized his grandfather with a blend of personal touches and humor, recognition of Jimmy Carter’s intensity and ambition,
Thursday's service will cap off six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. After the funeral, Carter will return to Georgia to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
Global stock markets were mixed on Thursday as Wall Street remained closed to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. The U.S. stock market was closed Thursday in observance of a National Day of Mourning for Carter who died at the age of 100 late last month.
Former US presidents and vice presidents attended the funeral of the 39th President Jimmy Carter on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
President Joe Biden gives eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter. Watch the full speech from the National Cathedral in Washington.
The president told attendees at the state funeral, including the other four living presidents, that Mr. Carter’s character allowed him to survive in a world of powerful pressures.
Jimmy Carter has been remembered at his funeral as a man of “character” and “something of a miracle” with “prophetic” vision.
A state funeral for the 39th president on Thursday will bring together all five living presidents and feature a eulogy from President Biden.
After President Jimmy Carter's national funeral on Thursday, his casket was taken to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to be flown back to Georgia for a private service with his family before his internment.
On this national day of mourning, community members in Milwaukee are paying their respects to Jimmy Carter. The former president spent several decades impacting this city through Habitat for Humanity.
As the second-largest U.S. city burns, a president-elect brings deluded imperial dreams and a disastrous retreat on climate change.