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Jimmy Carter’s funeral to be held at Washington National Cathedral on January 9

US President Joe Biden has designated a national day of mourning for late president Jimmy Carter

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Former US president Jimmy Carter in 2007. File photo: AP

A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on January 9, according to the US Army.

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US President Joe Biden, who last year said Carter had asked him to deliver the eulogy at his funeral, has directed that January 9 be a national day of mourning for Carter throughout the US.
The official six-day state funeral for Carter begins on Saturday as his remains travel by motorcade through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, the Army said in a statement.

The motorcade carrying Carter will stop at the farm where he grew up. There, the National Park Service will ring the historic farm bell 39 times – Carter was the 39th US president.

With the US Capitol in the distance, flags fly at half-staff at the Washington Monument. Photo: Reuters
With the US Capitol in the distance, flags fly at half-staff at the Washington Monument. Photo: Reuters

Carter’s remains will then be carried to Atlanta, where he will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Centre until the morning of January 7.

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