The last national day of mourning was in December 2018 to honor former President George H. W. Bush. To honor Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, all federal offices will be closed on Jan. 9 in observance of the day of mourning.

Over six decades, we had the honor of calling Jimmy Carter a dear friend. But, what’s extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well,