An Atlanta man has visited all 39 presidential gravesites. He paid his respects to Jimmy Carter this week
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An Atlanta man has visited all 39 presidential gravesites. He paid his respects to Jimmy Carter this week

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CNN — Not many can say they’ve attended a nearly private church service with a former president. In 2021, Atlanta man Michael Tropp was traveling with a friend to Plains, Georgia, where former president Jimmy Carter was born and the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is located. Michael Tropp What they didn’t expect was to be the only two in the service, besides Secret Service personnel, with the president and his wife, Rosalynn Carter. I’ve always loved it.” An early interest in presidential history Growing up, Tropp said his uncle loved history and instilled that in Tropp as a kid. “Whatever it is, I will do it,” Tropp said prior to the event at The Carter Center, which allowed the public to walk past the late president’s coffin.

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Jimmy Carter will be honored at Washington funeral before burial in Georgia hometown
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11 hours, 14 minutes ago

Jimmy Carter will be honored at Washington funeral before burial in Georgia hometown

Associated Press  

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown. President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, …

Jimmy Carter’s woodworking, painting and poetry reveal an introspective Renaissance Man
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Jimmy Carter’s woodworking, painting and poetry reveal an introspective Renaissance Man

Associated Press  

PLAINS, Ga. — The world knew Jimmy Carter as a president and humanitarian, but he also was a woodworker, painter and poet, creating a body of artistic work that reflects deeply personal views of the global community — and himself. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Creating art provided “the rare opportunity for …

Jimmy Carter lies in state at Capitol Rotunda ahead of his state funeral
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Jimmy Carter lies in state at Capitol Rotunda ahead of his state funeral

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WASHINGTON — President Jimmy Carter will lie in state for a second day Wednesday after his remains arrived in Washington a day earlier as part of state funeral rites. Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Mike Johnson were among those who offered bipartisan tributes to Carter in the Capitol Rotunda, where his flag-draped casket remains atop the Lincoln catafalque for …

Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington
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Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington

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WASHINGTON — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan praise and ceremonial pomp the Georgia Democrat rarely enjoyed at his political peak. As the sun set outside the Capitol, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Mike …

Watch live: Mourners pay respects to former President Jimmy Carter at Carter Center
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Watch live: Mourners pay respects to former President Jimmy Carter at Carter Center

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch live as mourners …

’A Man of Honour’: Jimmy Carter’s 6-day state funeral begins with teary-eyed goodbyes and salutes
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’A Man of Honour’: Jimmy Carter’s 6-day state funeral begins with teary-eyed goodbyes and salutes

Live Mint  

The six days of funeral observances for former US President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia. Former US President Jimmy Carter state funeral His six-day state funeral started in Americus at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Mourners view the casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in repose at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on January …

Jimmy Carter’s funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage
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Jimmy Carter’s funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage

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ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter ‘s extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global humanitarian. Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, move the flag-draped casket …

Jimmy Carter funeral updates: Former president to be honored in Georgia with procession and service
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Jimmy Carter funeral updates: Former president to be honored in Georgia with procession and service

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✕ Close Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100 Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy …

Jimmy Carter’s state funeral has started. Here’s what to know
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Jimmy Carter’s state funeral has started. Here’s what to know

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ATLANTA — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. A woman leaves flowers in tribute to former President Jimmy Carter at the entrance to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Atlanta. Tom Chaffin, of Atlanta, leaves flowers at …

Jimmy Carter’s state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know
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Jimmy Carter’s state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know

LA Times  

Tom Chaffin leaves flowers at the entrance to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Here is what to know about the initial ceremonies and what happens next: The start honors Carter’s roots in rural …

Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket makes its way to Atlanta as 39th president’s state funeral begins
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Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket makes its way to Atlanta as 39th president’s state funeral begins

LA Times  

A boy salutes as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Carter moves through Plains, Ga., on Saturday. Jimmy Carter‘s long public goodbye began Saturday, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood farmhouse on its way to Atlanta, where he climbed the political ladder and based his decades of …

Funeral events for President Jimmy Carter begin today in his hometown of Plains, Georgia
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Funeral events for President Jimmy Carter begin today in his hometown of Plains, Georgia

NPR  

Funeral events for President Jimmy Carter begin today in his hometown of Plains, Georgia A motorcade with the body of Pres. ERIC DEGGANS, HOST: This morning begins a nearly weeklong series of funeral events to remember the late former president Jimmy Carter, who died last Sunday at the age of 100. He's been tapped by the Carter family to document …

Donald Trump to attend funeral of Jimmy Carter in Georgia, Washington
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Donald Trump to attend funeral of Jimmy Carter in Georgia, Washington

Hindustan Times  

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Donald Trump, the president-elect, said on Tuesday that he will be attending former President Jimmy Carter's burial. Trump also said he thought 2025 would be a “great year” and "we're going to do fantastically well as a country.” “There's a whole light over …

A guide to funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter
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A guide to funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter

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WASHINGTON — Funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, D.C., beginning Saturday, Jan. 4, and concluding Thursday, Jan. 9. SATURDAY, JAN. 4 The state funeral begins with the arrival of the Carter family at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, at 10:15 a.m. Current and former …

Trump, Biden and Obama pay tribute to ‘public servant’ Jimmy Carter after his death aged 100
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Trump, Biden and Obama pay tribute to ‘public servant’ Jimmy Carter after his death aged 100

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The love shared between Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter is the definition of partnership and …

Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday
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Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday

The Hindu  

Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy. He served one presidential term from 1977 to 1981 …

President Joe Biden orders US flags lowered in memory of former first lady Rosalynn Carter
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President Joe Biden orders US flags lowered in memory of former first lady Rosalynn Carter

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PLAINS, Ga. — President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff for five days in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96. Biden’s order calls for flags to fly half-staff from Saturday through sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 29, the day …

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