Death of former US President Jimmy Carter: Memorial ceremonies began this Saturday and will last six days

Jimmy Carter was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He kept an image of peacemaker and had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Consolidated News Photos – Arnie Sachs

Former Democratic President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, died on December 29 at the age of 100. A national day of mourning was declared on January 9 for the man who led the USA from 1977 to 1981 but a whole series of ceremonies began this Saturday. 

The American nation pays tribute to its former president for several days. This Saturday, January 4, the ceremonies begin in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

This Saturday, January 4, at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, local time, or 4:15 p.m. Paris time, his coffin will be carried by agents of the Secret Service, responsible for the protection of political figures.

The convoy will travel through his city, then part of Georgia, and will stop in front of his native farm. At that time, the bells will ring 39 times, Jimmy Carter having been the 39th president of the United States.

Ceremonies in Atlanta and its founding

Then head to Atlanta, capital of Georgia, with a moment of reflection in front of the Capitol of this State where he was senator, then governor.

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The convoy will then arrive at the Carter Center, a foundation he created with his wife, whose goal was to work for conflict prevention, the defense of democracy and public health issues around the world.

Americans will be able to pay their respects to his coffin, there, all day this Saturday.

His remains accompanied by his family will then leave for Washington aboard the official plane named “Special Air Mission 39”.

At the US Navy Memorial

A convoy will take him to the US Navy Memorial. A graduate of the Naval Academy in 1946, Jimmy Carter later became a submariner. Arranged on a caisson, his coffin will be pulled by a horse during a funeral procession at 2 p.m. to the Capitol, the seat of Congress in the capital, details BFMTV.

The coffin will be transported by soldiers under the dome of the Capitol, for a tribute ceremony at 3 p.m. in the presence of parliamentarians. Americans will be able to pay their last respects.

The funeral will take place at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, January 9 at 10 a.m. Jimmy Carter was very pious.

The country's flags will be at half-mast for 30 days.

Finally, the deceased will make a final trip to Georgia where a private funeral will take place in his village of Plains, where 600 inhabitants live.

Jimmy Carter, has kept the image of a peacemaker and his humanitarian commitment was crowned by a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.