Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

The 39th U.S. president will be laid to rest Thursday, as Jimmy Carter lies in state in the nation’s capitol for one final ...

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A florist, a musician and a reverend are among the people working behind the scenes at Washington National Cathedral to prepare for Jimmy Carter’s service.

The White House ordered public flags to be displayed at half-staff for a period of 30 days from Carter's day of death, who died Dec. 29. Flags are flown at half-mast on ships and at naval stations. On ...

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Members of the public will be able to come pay their respects in Washington ahead of the former president's funeral on Thursday.

President Jimmy Carter, the nation's 39th chief executive and the first U.S. Naval Academy graduate to serve in the Oval ...

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter will continue to lie in state after his remains arrived in Washington a day earlier as ...

Members of Congress were among the first who were able to pay their respects at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as former ...