President Jimmy Carter will be honored in a state funeral Thursday, culminating days of marking the contributions of a man who after leaving office remained an influential leader on the world stage.
Carter has laid in state in the Capitol rotunda this week. Along with his family, his casket will be moved from the Capitol to the National Cathedral for the funeral proceedings.
There, President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy. Tributes from former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale will also be delivered by their sons.
Also in attendance will be Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress, former presidents, Supreme Court justices and members of Carter’s administration.
After the funeral, the proceedings will continue to Georgia, where there will be a private family funeral and then Carter will be buried on the grounds of his home in Plains, Georgia.
Harris gave remarks on Tuesday at the Capital ceremony.
“Jimmy Carter was that all too rare example of a gifted man who also walks with humility, modesty and grace,” she said. “He lived his faith, he served the people, and he left the world better than he found it.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune delivered remarks about Carter’s spirit of volunteerism and how he worked to build homes on behalf of the nonprofit group Habitat for Humanity, including a 1994 project in Thune’s home state, South Dakota.
“He was here to get down in the weeds and the dirt, and he did that, literally, on numerous Habitat builds,” Thune said.
