Updated Jan 7, 2025 - Politics & Policy

In photos: Jimmy Carter lies in state in D.C.

Sareen Habeshian

A military honor cordon transfers the flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to a hearse during an arrival ceremony on January 07, 2025 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. C — A military honor cordon transfers the flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Carter to a hearse on Jan. 7 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Former President Carter's remains were transported Tuesday from Georgia to Washington D.C., where he'll be taken to the U.S. Navy Memorial before a procession to the Capitol.

The big picture: Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda until his state funeral Thursday.

Thursday will mark a national day of mourning for the nation's 39th president. U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels for 30 days.

Zoom in: Congress will hold a service to pay its respects Tuesday afternoon.

Carter will then lie in state, with a public viewing from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning.
After the state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, the Carter family will travel back to Georgia for a private funeral service.

A joint forces body bearer team moves the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on January 7, 2025. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by Susan — A joint forces body bearer team moves the casket of former President Carter on it arrival at Joint Base Andrews. Photo: Susan Walsh / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Members of the Carter family arrive on Special Air Mission 39, before the casket with the body of former US president Jimmy Carter is removed from the plane at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on January 7, 2025. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 202 — Members of the Carter family arrive on Special Air Mission 39 before the casket carrying Carter's body is removed from the plane at Joint Base Andrews. Photo: Susan Walsh / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Spectators wait for the casket of former US President Jimmy Carter to arrive at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol building in Washington, DC on January 7, 2025. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, — Spectators wait for the casket of the former president to arrive at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol building. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Members of the U.S. Navy line up to march with the casket of former President Jimmy Carter before it arrives at the U.S. Navy Memorial to travel to the Capitol on January 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carter's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedr — Members of the U.S. Navy line up to march with Carter's casket before it arrives at the U.S. Navy Memorial to travel to the Capitol. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images

Members of the U.S. Navy await the casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for a stop at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling to the U.S. Capitol on January 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carter's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral in — Members of the U.S. Navy await the casket at the U.S. Navy Memorial. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol on January 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carter's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral — The flag-draped casket is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images

The casket of former US President Jimmy Carter is transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson at the US Navy Memorial during Carter's State Funeral Procession in Washington, DC on January 7, 2025. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at — Carter's casket is transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial during the state funeral procession. Photo: Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

US Vice President Kamala Harris (C), alongside US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, presents a wreath on behalf of the Executive Branch at the Lying in State Ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC on January 7, 2025. Carter, the 39th President of the Unite — Vice President Harris (center), alongside second gentleman Doug Emhoff, presents a wreath on behalf of the executive branch at the lying-in-state ceremony for Carter at the Capitol Rotunda. Photo: Tierney CROSS/AFP via Getty Images

Guests attend a ceremony for the late former US President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Carter, the former Georgia peanut farmer who as president brokered a historic and lasting peace accord between Israel and Egypt in a single term ma — Guests attend a ceremony for Carter in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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