{"id":2245356,"date":"2024-05-15T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/day-of-mourning-what-happens-when-a-former-president-dies\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:30:37","slug":"day-of-mourning-what-happens-when-a-former-president-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/day-of-mourning-what-happens-when-a-former-president-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President&#8217;s Death: Understanding the Day of Mourning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fday-of-mourning-what-happens-when-a-former-president-dies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Jimmy Carter, at 99, has been \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-democrat-congressman-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Democrat Congressman Alcee Hastings Dies At 84\">hospice care<\/a>\u200d since February\u2062 in Plains, Georgia. Grandson Jason Carter mentioned\u200b his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvey-weinstein-secretly-indicted-on-rape-charges-by-la-grand-jury-extradition-hearing-monday\/\" title=\"Harvey Weinstein \u2018Secretly Indicted\u2019 On Rape Charges By LA Grand Jury, Extradition Hearing Monday\">declining health<\/a>. When Carter passes, it \u200dwill mark the first Democratic \u200cpresident&#8217;s funeral in 50 years.\u200d Only four\u2062 former presidents have had \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-nantz-biden-gets-the-papal-blackball\/\" title=\"John Nantz: Biden Gets the Papal Blackball\">state funerals<\/a> since 1973, notably \u2063Lyndon \u200bB. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Gerald \u2064R. Ford, and George H.W. Bush. Former\u200b President\u2063 Jimmy Carter, aged\u200d 99, resides in hospice care since February in Plains, Georgia. His grandson, Jason Carter, acknowledged\u200c his fragile health. Carter&#8217;s\u200b passing will signal the\u200b first funeral for a Democratic president in half a \u2064century. Notable state funerals since 1973 include those of Lyndon B. Johnson,\u200c Ronald\u2064 Reagan,\u200b Gerald R. Ford, and George H.W. Bush.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since February of last year, 99-year-old former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jimmy Carter<\/a> has been in hospice care living in his small hometown of Plains, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a forum last weekend, grandson Jason Carter said his grandfather is doing OK but recognized that the former president\u2019s time is coming to an end. When Jimmy Carter dies, his funeral will be the first for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> president in half a century. <\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s happened before<\/h3>\n<p>There have only been four state funerals for former presidents since 1973, including Lyndon B. Johnson\u2019s funeral in 1973, Ronald Reagan\u2019s in 2004, Gerald R. Ford\u2019s in 2007, and George H.W. Bush\u2019s in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Richard Nixon died in 1994 after suffering a stroke. His wife opted to hold a smaller funeral at his presidential library, adhering to his wishes. <\/p>\n<h3>Day of mourning  <\/h3>\n<p>After a former president passes away, the current president is expected to announce the former president\u2019s death and issue an executive order closing the federal government for a National Day of Mourning for the deceased president.\u00a0The sitting president will also mandate that all flags remain at half-staff for 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>State presidential funerals last five days and are broken up into three stages. The first stage consists of ceremonies in the state where the former president lived, and the second stage includes ceremonies within Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>To begin the ceremonies in Washington, D.C., the deceased president\u2019s body will lie in state, meaning it will sit in the Capitol rotunda so the public can pay their respects. Some presidents, such as Gerald Ford, have opted to place their bodies not in the rotunda but instead in the chambers of the House and Senate. <\/p>\n<h3>The long road to the funeral<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to the funeral, a procession typically travels down Pennsylvania Avenue. However there have been variations to the procession, for example when Ford requested no horse and a procession that instead went through Alexandria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the procession, the state funeral occurs at the Washington National Cathedral. All surviving presidents and the first ladies sit together, regardless of political party.<\/p>\n<h3>State celebrations<\/h3>\n<p>The third stage consists of ceremonies in the state where the president is buried. A memorial will be held for the president, followed by a burial. Regarding final resting spots, the former president will typically choose to rest in their home state. However, John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past year, 99-year-old former President Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care in Plains, Georgia. Recently, Jason Carter, his grandson, mentioned that despite his grandfather&#8217;s condition, he is coping. However, it&#8217;s evident that the end is near. When Jimmy Carter passes away, his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2245357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23334622787829.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23334622787829.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}