State Funeral: Atlanta to Washington

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Military personnel carry President Carter's casket

President Carter's casket is loaded onto aircraft.

President Carter's casket atop a horse-drawn caisson

Onlookers hold a sign reading 'Godspeed to a Good Man'

Military members line the steps of the Capitol

President Carter’s casket rests in the darkened Capitol Rotunda

State Funeral: Atlanta to Washington

Members of the military carry former President Jimmy Carter’s remains out of the Carter Presidential Library. (Photo: The Carter Center/B. Gray)

A military band takes up position on the Carter Presidential Center’s Circle of Flags in preparation for the departure of President Carter’s remains. (Photo: The Carter Center/D. Hakes)

President Carter’s casket is placed in a hearse before departing for Dobbins Air Reserve Base. (Photo: The Carter Center/M. Schwarz)

Carter Center and Carter Library staff members pay their last respects as the hearse slowly passes by. (Photo: The Carter Center/B. Gray)

The casket is loaded onto Special Air Mission 39 — which usually serves as Air Force One — at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia before the flight to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Photo: The Carter Center/M. Schwarz)

Horses draw the caisson bearing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. (Photo: The Carter Center/M. McCoy)

Police officers in Washington salute the passing procession as it approaches the Capitol. (Photo: The Carter Center/M. McCoy)

Admirers of President Carter line the procession route in Washington several rows deep. (Photo: The Carter Center/M. McCoy)

President Carter’s family walks behind the caisson on the way from the National Navy Memorial to the Capitol. (Photo: The Carter Center/C. Dilts)

Military personnel flank the caisson as it carries former President Jimmy Carter’s casket to the Capitol. (Photo: The Carter Center/M. McCoy)

Military members line the steps of the Capitol to await the arrival of President Carter’s remains. (Photo: The Carter Center/C. Dilts)

Members of Congress and other dignitaries fill the Capitol Rotunda as President Carter lies in state. (Photo: The Carter Center/C. Dilts)

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a ceremony to begin two days of lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda. (Photo: The Carter Center/C. Dilts)

Members of the public pass through the Capitol Rotunda to pay their respects as former President Jimmy Carter lies in state. (Photo: The Carter Center/C. Dilts)

President Carter’s casket rests on the Lincoln catafalque in the darkened Capitol Rotunda. (Photo: The Carter Center/C. Dilts)