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WATCH: Jimmy Carter’s remains lie in state at the Capitol ahead of state funeral

January 7, 2025, 4:08 PM

Nearly 44 years after  left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for Ìý°ù¾±³Ù±ð²õ and ceremonial pomp the Georgia Democrat rarely enjoyed at his political peak.

His hearse stopped Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Navy Memorial, where his remains were transferred to a horse-drawn caisson for the rest of his trip to the U.S. Capitol.

The military honor guards, a procession down Pennsylvania Avenue and a service in the Capitol Rotunda continued public commemorations for Carter, who . Services will continue through his state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral, before Carter returns to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, for burial beside his late wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023.

As the sun set outside the Capitol, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune — none of whom were old enough to vote in Carter’s first national campaign — celebrated , military service and  more than anything he did in politics.

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The former president’s remains had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta since Saturday. His body, family and friends were flown from Atlanta to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland aboard Special Air Mission 39 on Tuesday afternoon.

At Carter’s state funeral on Thursday, President Joe Biden will eulogize him.

Carter will now lie in state throughout Wednesday, while the military maintains a guard of honor. The public is invited to pay their respects as he lies in state from 6 p.m. to midnight.

Watch below.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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