{"id":2386467,"date":"2025-01-04T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T21:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farewell-celebrations-for-jimmy-carter-begin-with-tour-around-georgia-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T21:39:10","slug":"farewell-celebrations-for-jimmy-carter-begin-with-tour-around-georgia-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farewell-celebrations-for-jimmy-carter-begin-with-tour-around-georgia-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell celebrations for Jimmy Carter begin with tour around Georgia &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ffarewell-celebrations-for-jimmy-carter-begin-with-tour-around-georgia-washington-examiner%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=2386467&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&#8217;s funeral observances commenced on January 4, 2025, in\u2063 Georgia, following his \u2062death on December \u200c29, 2024, at the age of 100. The \u2062ceremonies involve a six-day period of tributes,starting with a motorcade through South Georgia that brings \u200cCarter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officer-who-died-during-capitol-riot-to-lie-in-honor-in-rotunda\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officer Who Died During Capitol Riot To Lie In Honor In Rotunda\">flag-draped casket<\/a> from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus to his \u2063hometown of Plains. Supporters and\u200b family members \u200bhave gathered to pay \u200ctheir respects during this\u200b processional. <\/p>\n<p>Carter\u200b was the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">longest-living president<\/a> in American history, and this event marks the beginning\u200b of his final journey, which will eventually take him to Washington D.C. where he will lie in state. the observances are \u200ba meaningful moment of reflection \u2064for many, highlighting Carter&#8217;s impactful life\u2063 and legacy. Further \u2063details about \u200bthe funeral arrangements and schedule can be\u2064 found in various news articles covering \u200dthis \u200devent.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Farewell celebrations for Jimmy Carter begin with tour around Georgia<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1928173\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3276471\/jimmy-carter-final-respects-to-be-paid-in-atlanta-washington-plains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jimmy Carter<\/a>&lsquo;s casket emerged from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Georgia<\/a>, on Saturday, set to begin his journey to Washington D.C., where he will lie in state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Carter, the longest-lived United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">president<\/a> ever, died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a week after his death, his body traveled through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, with supporters and family trailing the hearse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3259347\/house-republican-refocus-jan-6-investigations-problems-capitol-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOUSE REPUBLICAN LOOKS TO REFOCUS JAN. 6 INQUIRIES ON CAPITOL SECURITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The funeral procession passed his longtime Plains home, where his wife is buried. Rosalynn Carter died in 2023 at the age of 96. Jimmy Carter will later join her in a private burial on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcade then passed his boyhood home, now a National Park Service site titled the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm, where he lived until 1941. As his hearse passed, a group of National Park Service rangers and other employees saluted while a farm bell was rung 39 times to represent Carter as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-carter-2-0-biden-blames-others-for-his-own-energy-failures\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: Carter 2.0 -- Biden Blames Others for His Own Energy Failures\">39th president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carter often said time was not measured by the clock, but by the sound of the bell. The same bell that rang within earshot through his childhood &mdash; rang as he traveled down the road, and north toward Atlanta. Other memorial events are planned along the route until he reaches the Georgia State Capitol, where he served four years as a state senator and four years as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">governor<\/a> before becoming president.<\/p>\n<p>Several prominent officials like Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D-GA) and Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) will greet the procession with a moment of silence. Carter&rsquo;s body will lie in public repose from Saturday night until Tuesday, then it will be flown to Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3113298\/biden-administration-congress-and-unions-try-to-trump-proof-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS, AND UNIONS TRY TO &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOF SCIENCE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His state funeral will be on Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>The flags at the U.S. Capitol will be at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-flags-at-half-mast-for-fallen-capitol-officers\/\" title=\"Trump Orders Flags at Half-Mast for Fallen Capitol Officers\">half-mast<\/a> during President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> inauguration due to Carter&rsquo;s death. He is not pleased with that fact, and that Democrats are taking pleasure in it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats are all &lsquo;giddy&rsquo; about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at &lsquo;half mast&rsquo; during my Inauguration,&rdquo; he said in a Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113765847370756395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They think it&rsquo;s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don&rsquo;t love our Country, they only think about themselves. Look at what they&rsquo;ve done to our once GREAT America over the past four years &ndash; It&rsquo;s a total mess! In any event, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let&rsquo;s see how it plays out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he would be attending the funeral at the National Cathedral. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1928173\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1928173\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farewell events for Jimmy Carter start with a Georgia tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2386468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jimmy-Carter.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[12751,9717,4977,35907,32076],"class_list":["post-2386467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-celebrations","tag-farewell","tag-georgia","tag-jimmy-carter","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jimmy-Carter.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386467","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386471,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386467\/revisions\/2386471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}