State Funeral: A Patriotic Journey

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Secret Service walk along each side of the hearse.

A three-person family salutes from a yard.

Firefighters salute from truck ladder basket.

Military personnel carry flag-draped casket.

Military guard, dignitaries, ceo, and family friend.

Visitors stand outside of the Carter Presidential Center,

Sgt. Nayya Dobson-EL stands over the casket.

Young children look on before the casket.

State Funeral: A Patriotic Journey

A memorial of flowers and mementos grows near the Carter Presidential Center’s main entrance in Midtown Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ D. Hakes)

Former members of President Carter’s U.S. Secret Service security detail accompany the hearse carrying his remains outside Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

National Park Service rangers at President Carter’s Boyhood Farm in Archery, Georgia, ring the farm bell 39 times in honor of the nation’s 39th president. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

Mourners wave American flags as President Carter’s motorcade passes by in southwest Georgia. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

A family pays its respects to President Carter as the hearse bearing his remains rolls by on its journey from southwest Georgia to Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

Firefighters salute as President Carter’s motorcade travels under an overpass along the route northward to Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

Military personnel carry President Carter’s casket into the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum lobby for a private arrival ceremony. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

President Carter’s grandson Jason Carter, chair of the Carter Center Board of Trustees, speaks during a private arrival ceremony for the family and Carter Center and library staff. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

With a military guard nearby, dignitaries wait for the arrival ceremony to begin. From left are longtime Carter family friend Bernstine Hollis, Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Director Meredith Evans, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. Schwarz)

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Director Meredith Evans (left) and Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander place a wreath before President Carter’s casket. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

Vistors continue to arrive at the Carter Presidential Center after night falls in Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ D. Hakes)

A military honor guard stands watch as mourners surround the casket of former President Jimmy Carter in the presidential museum lobby. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

Solemn visitors pause beside the casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in repose overnight at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

A mourner weeps while gazing upon the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

A mourner bows toward former President Jimmy Carter’s casket. More than 16,000 mourners passed through the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum lobby in the first 36 hours that he lay in repose. (Photo: The Carter Center/ D. Hakes)

Marine Staff Sgt. Nayya Dobson-EL stands guard over former President Jimmy Carter’s casket at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. Schwarz)

Whole families sojourned to the Carter Presidential Center to pay their respects to the late former President Jimmy Carter. (Photo: The Carter Center/ D. Hakes)

A military honor guard departs after the end of its watch as former President Jimmy Carter lies in repose at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. Schwarz)