Washington, United States - January 08, 2025 Former President Jimmy Carter's casket arrived in Washington on Tuesday as U.S. officials paid their last respects before he was buried in Georgia. The 39th president died at his home in Plains on Dec.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body arrived in Washington on Tuesday (January 7) for three days of mourning beginning with him lying in state at the U.S. Capitol before a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.

The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, where Carter will lie in state.