State Funeral: The Final Farewell

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Scouts salute President Carter’s flag-draped casket.

Military guard of honor stands watch over President Carter's casket.

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff as military personnel line the steps of the Capitol while President Carter’s body is carried outside.

Bearers from all branches of the military prepare to carry President Carter’s casket into Washington National Cathedral.

The casket rests in the Washington National Cathedral’s chancel.

President Biden touches President Carter’s casket.

The motorcade carrying President Carter’s family drives down the highway.

People line the street in downtown Plains.

A private funeral service takes place inside Maranatha Baptist Church.

President Carter’s casket is borne out of Maranatha Baptist Church.

A child waits for President Carter’s funeral procession.

President Carter’s family walks behind the hearse.

State Funeral: The Final Farewell

Scouts salute President Carter’s flag-draped casket as he lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. McCoy)

A military guard of honor stands watch over President Carter as he lies in state at the Capitol. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. McCoy)

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff as military personnel line the steps of the Capitol while President Carter’s body is carried outside. (Photo: The Carter Center/ C. Dilts)

Bearers from all branches of the military prepare to carry President Carter’s casket into Washington National Cathedral. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. McCoy)

The casket rests in the Washington National Cathedral’s chancel as President Carter’s state funeral gets underway. (Photo: The Carter Center/ C. Dilts)

Jason Carter, chair of the Carter Center Board of Trustees, eulogizes his grandfather, the late President Jimmy Carter, at Washington National Cathedral. (Photo: The Carter Center/ C. Dilts)

U.S. President Joe Biden touches President Carter’s casket after delivering a eulogy for his late friend and political ally. (Photo: The Carter Center/ C. Dilts)

A cannon is fired during a 21-gun salute at Lawson Army Airfield in central Georgia before President Carter’s final journey home. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

The motorcade carrying President Carter’s family drives down the highway from Lawson Army Airfield in Georgia toward the late president’s hometown of Plains. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

People line the street in downtown Plains to watch the late President Carter’s hearse and motorcade pass by. (Photo: The Carter Center/ D. Hakes)

A U.S. Navy fighter jet peels away in the traditional “missing man” formation over Plains, Georgia, in honor of President Carter, a Navy veteran. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. Schwarz)

An intimate, private funeral service takes place inside Maranatha Baptist Church, where President Carter taught Sunday school for decades. (Photo: The Carter Center/ B. Gray)

President Carter’s casket is borne out of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains at the conclusion of his private funeral. (Photo: The Carter Center/ M. Schwarz)

A child waits for President Carter’s funeral procession to pass through a patriotically festooned downtown Plains, Georgia. (Photo: The Carter Center/ D. Hakes)

For one final time, President Carter’s family slowly walks behind the hearse bearing his body to its final resting place outside his and Mrs. Carter’s longtime home in Plains. (The Carter Center/ M. Schwarz)