After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,
President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.
Mondale, Carter's Vice President and close confidant, penned the tribute when Carter was diagnosed with cancer that spread to his brain in 2015.
Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.
Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.
Bill Daley, who met Jimmy Carter in 1974, with his father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, an early Carter supporter, attended the Carter state funeral and said it “combined the pomp and circumstance that goes with a presidential funeral,
Former president Jimmy Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021 but left behind a eulogy that his son Ted read at Carter's memorial service Thursday morning.
All five living presidents were present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday morning.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale's son, Ted Mondale, delivered a tribute to former President Carter at his funeral that was written by his father before his passing. Mondale praised what they accomplished in their administration together and reflected on the trust Carter showed him.
The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter was held at Washington National Cathedral Thursday on what President Biden proclaimed a national day of mourning.