The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's work, he came tantalizingly close, lowering the number of yearly cases from 3.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to th
President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s one and only presidential campaign in 1976, eulogized him at Wednesday’s state funeral in Washington. Carter had been receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, since 2023 for an undisclosed illness.
Jimmy Carter's state funeral was held at the National Cathedral on Thursday and the 39th president's final journey to Georgia has begun. President Biden gave a eulogy at the service, highlighting Carter's character and faith.
President Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter's 1976 presidential campaign, will eulogize his fellow Democrat 11 days before he leaves office.
Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation's capital before a second service in his Georgia hometown.
Following that group is John Adams, Bill Clinton, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, James K. Polk, George H. W. Bush (20th), William McKinley, Andrew Jackson, William Howard Taft, and Jimmy Carter, followed by Grover Cleveland, who is 25th on the list.
WALB will bring you up-to-date coverage of Carter’s state funeral and it’s a six-day series of events. Over the course of the six days, Georgians along with the nation will ha