Former President Carter and Rosalynn Carter attend dedication ceremonies in 2013 in Dallas for the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Photo: Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Today is the national day of mourning for former President Carter.
Driving the news: The U.S. Postal Service, financial markets including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, and federal buildings will be closed today for Carter's funeral service.
The big picture: Carter was the country's longest-living former president and the first to reach 100 years old.
His state funeral starts at 9am today at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Find the full schedule of events here.
Zoom in: Carter and his wife Rosalynn visited Dallas in 2013 to attend the dedication ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU.
Carter told the audience that he asked then-President-elect George W. Bush in 2000 to help negotiate an end to the civil war ravaging Sudan — and Bush agreed.
In a remarkable display of bipartisan respect, Carter gave Bush all the credit for the 2005 peace treaty between Sudan and South Sudan, which ended 22 years of war. "George W. Bush is responsible for that," he said.
The next year, Carter returned to North Texas at the age of 90, to help build 30 homes and renovate 20 more with Habitat for Humanity.
Carter made a point to meet each of the 30 families buying their homes through the organization.
"Every morning he would say a prayer with the family on the home he was working on," Blaine Cowart, of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, told FOX4.
