A plane carrying the casket and family of former President Jimmy Carter arrived outside of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a 3-day state funeral in the nation's capital.

As the U.S. Army Field Band from Fort Jackson, South Carolina played “Hail to the Chief” as pallbearers from all the branches of the military carried the casket with Carter’s remains from the Carter Center to the awaiting presidential hearse outside.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body arrived in Washington on Tuesday where three days of official mourning will include lying in state at the U.S. Capitol ahead of a Thursday funeral.