Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin in Washington, D.C., today
Briefly

The casket carrying the 39th president will leave the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, where thousands of mourners paid their respects over the weekend.
Carter's four-plus decades out of office were marked by humanitarian efforts around election monitoring and tackling global public health issues.
A service in the Capitol rotunda with members of Congress is slated to begin at 3 p.m., and members of the public are invited.
Thursday afternoon, Carter's remains will return to Georgia for a private service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
Read at www.npr.org
[
|
]