Jimmy Carter's funeral service is underway at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, where the former president will be honored in tributes and through musical selections and performances.
After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,
On The Young and the Restless, Steven Ford played Andy Richards for years. But in real life, Ford was better known as the youngest son of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford.
President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor former President Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring
Former President Jimmy Carter has been laid to rest at his home in Plains, Georgia. The beloved former president is being buried underneath a willow tree on the property of his Plains home next to his beloved wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023.
A state funeral is a gathering of the Washington clans, a convocation of the very establishment that Trump has pledged to destroy in his second term. Carter was not a clubbable man and his self-conscious piety was sometimes an irritant for his successors. He was the uneasiest member of the ex-president’s club apart from Trump.
All living successors attend service for former president, which includes eulogies from contemporaries he outlived; Biden hails fellow 1-term Democrat for fighting 'abuse in power'
Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.
Many arrived at the National Cathedral Thursday in Washington, D.C., to pay respects to former President Jimmy Carter. Here's who spoke at the funeral.
Carter won the presidency against Gerald Ford, the Republican incumbent, in 1976. The two were dear friends, Steven Ford said. Andrew Young, who was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Carter administration, offered the homily.
He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore, but he belongs in the foothills.” Jimmy Carter, who considered himself […]