Only three family members spoke during the funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, but many more attended the services and are expected in Plains. Ga.

Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital before a second service in his Georgia hometown.

With Jimmy Carter’s recent passing, many are looking to learn more about his life; however, he was much more than just a former United States president. So, who was Jimmy Carter? Jimmy Carter, formerly known as James Earl Carter Jr.

The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.

WASHINGTON >> Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who struggled with a bad economy and a hostage crisis but was widely admired in his post-White House career, was remembered during his state funeral today as a man who put honesty and kindness above politics.

Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C.

The Washington Post’s Kevin Sullivan described his experience visiting what would become former president Jimmy Carter’s gravesite in Plains, Georgia.

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery